Water versus Coal
NHE Minister of Labour has been deploring in the course of a speech at Tangarakau the fact that coal is not employed instead of water as the generating factor of electricity in the national scheme. Apart from the fact that the question of relative cost was gone into very thoroughly some years ago in Auckland, when there did not appear to be much in favour of coal on that account, the deciding factor is rightly that of reliability and continuity of supply. Whatever can be argued against the hydro-electric scheme, there is much to be said in its favour on that seore, the recurring unrest and disastrous strikes in the coal trade having already brought ruin to so many indus tries.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 26
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124Water versus Coal Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 26
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