WAIROA COUNTY
HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME. A deputation from Wairoa county and Borough, consisting of Messrs. 6. ( C. Ormond and J. Corkill, interviewed tho Minister of Public Works yesterday with reference to a local hydro-electric 6cheme. The district/ said the deputation had decided to proceed with a scheme for tho development of. 1000' horse-powor, and wished the sanction and assistance of the Public Works Department, The .people were prepared either'to do the work themselves or to assist the-Gov-ernment in doing it, and they desired to know the views of the Government. , Mr. Coates said that if the scheme was m order it would be sanctioned. He would have inquiries made, and inform the member for the district (Mr. Campbell) of the result. .He recommended the deputation to confer with the officers'I of the Department. •
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 251, 17 July 1920, Page 12
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132WAIROA COUNTY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 251, 17 July 1920, Page 12
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