LAKE PUPUKE.
During the year IS9« the level of the water in Lake Piipuke *tood at 12ft ?ia above mean high-water level A: tli:« time it was t0 r: : r ;r , water from Chanr.fl a: i»,j ■ i one at n point half .-- rv> dWtant from Ranri:"ot'-- and t'.:r ~-hr- l'v> yards from the shnro a! ■#", Re> ".:. Takapuna. indiVa'p* ;:,a: .? oha:.nel exi ? t> between the lake sr.d ihe rfi: thereiore. by punsp-ns the lake t ■ « level below sea level what i- to she *ea water enterir. ? the lake. l{ an oe proved that the lake as a of the supply is inadecudT-. it the eupp]y is to be augmented locally 1 suggeet that a tunnel He" drixen. havin? it? portal adUceirt to the Nc-:V :e pumping station, and projecting thr-urh the basalt forrr.ir.p the "wai:« c: Lα'*? Pupuke into tie p*t-a revk Sfj-ai. the conu■-: with ro.-k Wreached a fur: her extenion ' *boa>i traverse along :he oon:ar:. Thi* grre a large volume of f.2;crec mttr. greater in rolume than the Wairau scheme. H. H. ADAiIS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 306, 26 December 1940, Page 6
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174LAKE PUPUKE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 306, 26 December 1940, Page 6
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