POWER BREAK
CURRENT OFF FOR TWO
HOURS
LINE DOWN IN WAIKAREAa ESTUARY
One of the most lengthy breakdowns in the electric power supply which the Borough has experienced in the last few years, occurred j as( night, the period of non-supply fo e . ing roughly from 4.15 till (5.20.
When the break first occurred the Borough staff were all out. but under the Engineer. Mr Boak, were soon on the job of finding the' fault The search began at McLaren's Falls nnd the men had to work back, the trouble being finally flw covered in a corner on Che Waj> kareao Estuary below Mr \y. rp* Teasey's home, where one of the main lines from McLaren's controlling the Borough supply was down ; All the main lines can be seen Plainly along the estuary from the Power Station on the north end and the Judea Road on the south end except for the one which was dowu this being in a slight curve and hid" den by the hill. This caused further delay in detection.
Mr Boak can find no other reason for the breaking than something having been thrown at the lines, and the staff are now investigating thi* possibility. ' 1S
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13269, 20 February 1941, Page 4
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