Power off in bays

Press, 5 July 1977, Page 6

Power off in bays

Four bays on Banks Peninsula were still without power last evening.

; The Central Canterbury (Electric Power Board’s chief (engineer (Mr P. D. Rutledge) (said it had not been possible (to get line crews into Long IBay, Goughs Bay, Pigeon Bay (or Little Akaloa all day. ( He said a pole had come (down on the main line (between Little River and I Duvauchelle and cut power to i Akaroa at 11.30 a.m., but the (supply was restored at 5 p.m. ( There had been a number (of faults in Lyttelton, but all Ito individual consumers, and (those had been fixed as they ! occurred. | Mr Rutledge said that all 1 the line crews had finished at !8 p.m. on Sunday evening except the one which had gone to Governor’s Bay. It had worked through until 2 a.m. yesterday. There were nine line crews working yesterday, and they did a 12hour stint from 8 a.m. Rural areas in Canterbury were affected by telephone line faults, but the Post Office reported that no exchange district was completely' cut | off. ( Little Akaloa was without; (a toll service from 10 a.m.! until the service was restoredl (at 2.30 p.m. ( Culverden and Cheviot I have been on half their! (normal number of toll lines,! (while the line to Akaroa was} (repaired by 10 a.m. yesterday.}