NEW RESOURCES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1177, 12 July 1911, Page 4

NEW RESOURCES.

electrical expert arrives, his' aim out here. By the Corinllric yesterday arrived Mr. Parry, Hie electrical expert whom (ho Government specially encaged in Eurland to inaugurate its hydro-elect Heal scheme under the legislation of last se.-s----sitin. With him also has eomo Mrs. Parry ami family. Sir. Parry is coniparativi'ly a young man, and is evidently bath enthusiastic arid a man with whom to think is to act. Jn London, Mr. Parry, associated villi a partner, carried out largo tramway contracts in London, Dublin, and elsewhere, and converted the Central London railway from the steam to the electric system. Large electric power installations wero provided for companies in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and Mr. Parry has been connected with water-power schemes in Canada and Mexico. He has also equipped light railways for mines, incliidiiiK the New Zealand Crown Mines. Mr. Parry told a Dominion reporter that, .speaking on information that had been supplied to him about our country, he felt Neiv Zealand should tot only compete with steam power, but that hydro-electric power should work out far cheaper. In this respect we had a considerable advantage, in that we had lakes and rivers from which direct supplies could be obtained without the necessity for storage. Our conditions, he believed, would bo similar to those in Switzerland. , ■ As to transmission, Ur. Parry said there would be very little waste in transmission up to 500 miles. As to (he cost of electric power, it was supplied by a company in Yorkshire at an average of 4-sd. of a penny per unit. "It is , niy ambition," Jlr. Parry eaid, "to make New Zealand's power supply the cheapest in the'world." He starts on his duties almost immediately.