FAULT IN M.E.D. FEEDER CABLE
er ost of the Municipal Electricity Department's district flickered shortly after 9.30 last evenlnS "'hen a fault developed in a feeder T- en tate Hydro-electric tI I s hreakmg-down station at Addington and the M.E.D. premises in . . L mash street. The surge of power which accompanied the fault is believed to have opened a switch putting out all the street lights in the Merivale district for a time.
The M.E.D. electrical engineer (Mr G. H. Battersby) said last evening that full details of the fault and its location woyld probably not be known until this morning. Although the fault caused a slight drop in voltage it was not causing the department ariv embarrassment, as the load was taken by other cables.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 12
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