against which there is generating capacity of 84,000 kilowatts; and although various measures are being taken to increase output, none of them will be effective until 1940 at the earliest. Mr Semple would therefore have stated the position more correctly if he had said that the balance of probability ■is against a power shortage in Christchurch this winter. For at least two eventualities may prevent generating capacity from reaching its maximum. One is a breakdown at Lake Coleridge, which, in view of what happened last year, must be regarded as a possibility. The other is a shortage of water at either the Lake Coleridge or the Waitaki power stations, or at both. Canterbury is having a dry autumn; and if this is followed by a dry, cold winter a power shortage would be almost inevitable. It would seem that the anxiety over the immediate future of electricity supply in Christchurch and the rest of Canterbury shown by power authorities is fully justified.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22705, 9 May 1939, Page 8
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