HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
A meeting was held at Tc Puke on Aiesday i 0 consider a hydrocieclric scheme for the Bay of PPnty. Mr. L. Birks. chief* electnca! engineer, at fended and explained that Arapuni. when completed would provide all the elecinc power required by the Bav of t lc:uy. Ihe aim of rl lo Governntc’l \yas to place the benefits of electricity within the reach of all sections ef the community. The baek-hlcvk settlers had equal rights wit.it th: (iiie-.
- Scvcn ' l emphasised the urgent ue d for electrical power as csscnfal to the expansion of dairying throughout the Bay 0 f j’ienf/. A difieivne,- of opinion was <li - plnyrd regarding the formation of a power hoard, some contending that ratmujga County s.honld nn.cvod with the petition now re ..d'v and form a board, and that other districts should join up later. The meeting decided that a power beard bo formed, comprising the countic. of Opotiki, Whakatane. Tamarga, and Lotorua, and including (he boiOuglv, and town districts.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7764, 5 August 1921, Page 4
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