DELUGE WANTED.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 10

DELUGE WANTED.

WAIPORI DAM EMPTY. PROPOSAL TO RESTRICT \ WSB »a«sa BpecUl Stork*. J ■'- Tf . NJNEDIN, Ha, 11 ' , If no ram ahould fall within ti» "' next fortnight and the present rate rf "' power consumption is maintaiaid ti» dam at Wainori will be emptiw ' V the city will be short by 3000 hj,». *& its daily average load, A d*lugv3'*£ rain is needed, and at a roeetiijflr fajs, the Town Hall to-day, the city.''dt&W tncal engineer said that the poiitio»S' could only be saved by ljin of rate ing in a very short period, TJie danf-t at Waipori is rapidly being WptiwtS Two schemes for alleviating ikM'' position and prolonging ths water in the dam are bafog? ougglg ered. The suggestion to meet the most support i» all tram services between 9 4.30 p.m, and after 7 p.m. A-WSj.*' tion with a much more serious quence is that all factories shouldiwfcklf' on only three or four days a week^Swp Clear evidence of the manufacturers and other over the seriousnes of the positioiji^li l " given to-day, when the Council &£&'■ bcr was packed in response to then2l§ vitation by the Mayor to. those:ltire|r ested to attend to hear a planation of the position and to'**!! gest means of helping the situa^j^^-