No Wives, Families At Manapouri

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30186, 18 July 1963, Page 15

No Wives, Families At Manapouri

(Ntu> Zealand Press Association;

INVERCARGILL July 17. No wives or famines would be allowed to accompany workmen employed, on the Manapouri power station contract, the project manager for the Bechtel Corporation, Mr Neville Long, said today. « * vfc He said the labour force employed would gradually build up to a peak of 400 when the Wilmot Pass road was completed (in September, 1964, under the contract) and then taper off. ris; the chairman of directors of the Utah Corwiructijn Company. Mr J. D Ft**; the principal of Burnett* Motors Ltd., another company in the consortium. Mr R. A. Burneftt; Utah Construction's project engineer, Mr J. Boowick and the project surveyor. Mr R. Archer; »n aircraft and aircraft engineering consultant from Melbourne. Mr J. Wilson. Preparatory work on the £9300.000 jailrace tunnel contract would take about seven weeks to two months, Mr Harris said.

Mr Long said welfare of the work force would be a prime consideration. The Y.M.C.A. had indicated it would like to establish a centre on the site; provision would be made within the framework of the law to have controlled l.quor distribution; the provision of T.A.B. facilities might be considered; policing, if it was necessary, would be up to the Police Department. Even if the purchase of the WangeneEa eventuated, full consent of the unions concerned would have to be obtained before she was made a hostel ship tot the project, said Mr Long. The contractors and his corporation were of the opinion that no better accommodation

During that time, heavy equipment would be ordered and thas would probably be token Into Deep Cove by ■hip. Some sate work was going on now. A atari wouN be made on creating buildings on the alite for workshops, storage and so on in the “near future." A start would be mode as soon as the equipment and materials necessary were landed.

could be supplied. Six or seven engineers would be employed in the project office in Invercargill to start, he said, and later the number would be increased to a maximum of 12. Three field officers would be employed—one tor each of the three major contractors in the scheme.

Mr Long arrived in Invercargill today. Other arrivals were the project manager for the Utah Construction Company, chief of the three companies in the tunnel-building consortium, Mr R. K. Har-