SHORT OF WATER.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1916, Page 4

SHORT OF WATER.

A WELLINGTON DIFFICULTY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. For two days the greater part of Wellington has been without the usual water supply, only such, sections about the centre of the city as are connected with the Karori reservoir being free from the disabilities attending this form of ''dryness." The big Wuiuui-o-mota dams are full, and the city engineer estimates 'that over 250,000 gallons every hour, or seven millions gallons daily, are entering the mains, yet none reaches Wellington. Somewhere along the fourteen miles of pipe line there must be an enormous leak, yet, so far, no trace has been discovered, though the engineer's staff is making diligent investigation. This extraordinary disappearance is veiled in complete mystery. Meantime the plight of many people is becoming serious. Water carts and the tramway sprinklers are being used to supply I.yail Bay and other parts with sv|itcr for domestic purposes, but with the possibility of ail indefinite continuance of the shortage, the outlook is bad for industrial as well as houseliold consumers.