HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
THE HOR AHOR.A 'SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association. Cambridns. October 2. At a meeting in Cambridge . on. Wednesday a provisional hydro-eleetri'* power board was set up. A discussion ensued regarding the price of vurront. w'Moh Mr. Short, of the Public Works Department, recently stated would bo .£9 per horse power. Jtr. Roche, C.E., who supervised the.carrying out of the work at llorahora, assured the. board thr.t . a charge of ,£5 per horse power would* pay the Government and save the people of the Waikato .£311,000 per annum. The price is regarded as vitally important to tho success of, tho gcncrcl scheme. Actual steps are to be taken to induce the Minister to fix a reasonable charge.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 3
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