GAS AND ELECTRIC POWER
SiY, The statement by the engineer of the M.E.D. to the effect that there Is no need for any gas supply as the M.E.D can more than supply the present 30.000-kilowatt gas load is illconsidered and ill-timed. Gas power and electric power are complementary There are certain industrial processes in which gas heating is superior to electrical. If Mr Battersby would take the trouble to visit cities in England and America he would realise that many companies supply power, gas and electric, and it would be more logical to have a municipal power supply authority than a municipal electricity department. That Mr Battersby’s statement is ill-timed is rather obvious when one reads the various notices of the electricity committee; 30.000 kilowatts of gas represent approximately cne-third of the total electric load of Christchurch, and that is not just a matter of demand, but a matter of units as well. Where are they?—Yours etc., REALIST. March 13, 1956.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27917, 14 March 1956, Page 9
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