POWER LINK TO THE HERMITAGE
Consumer-Density Lowest In N.Z. (N.Z. Press Association) TIMARU, July 3. A function was held at The Hermitage Hotel on Saturday to mark the completion of the lowest consumer - density power reticulation scheme in New lt is a project built in the Mackenzie Country at a cost of nearly £140.000 to give electrie power to 40 consume) s over a line distance of 160 miles —four miles to the consumer. In other parts of the Dominion the density of reticulation is based on the number of consumers to the mile. During Saturday’s ceremony, The Hermitage Hotel, which for many years has been Supplied with its power fropi a diesel generating plant was connected to the national grid, Mrs T. L. Hayman, wife of the Minister of Agriculture, flicking the switch.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29556, 4 July 1961, Page 10
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