POWER PLANT SOUGHT
CHIEF ENGINEER TO GO ABROAD
EQUIPMENT FOR STEAM AND HYDRO STATIONS
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 22. The chief electrical engineer of the State Hydro-electric Department (Mr A. E. Davenport) is to go abroad in an effort to procure power generating plant, including steam plant, suited to New Zealand conditions. This was mentioned by the Minister in charge of the department (Mr R. Semple) in reply to an urgent question in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr W. S. Goosman (Opposition, Piako) had asked Mr Semple whether, in view of the statement that Mr J. T. Gilkinson, an engineer of the department, was going to the United States and Canada to inspect power plants and administrative centres, he would say if it wer,e intended that this officer should interview manufacturers of steam generating plant in an endeavour to find out how soon suitable plant for both the North and South Islands could be available.
Mr Semple replied that Mr Gilkinson was concerned with the construction side of hydro-electric projects, but Mr Davenport was being sent to look for generating plant.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 9
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