In the Kawhia district there is a little township called Oparau possessing a seltcontained hydro-electric scheme (reports the “Waikato Times”). The generating plant belongs to the township, and besides ‘supplying power to work a thruins dairy and lighting for the settlement is utilised for heating and lighting the up-to-date school that caters for the educational side of this small community of about 100 inhabitants. The school is heated by an open electric fireplace, and electric power is also used in the preparation of hot cocoa for the school children during the winter months. Electricity was installed in the school over two years ago. The turbines are driven by a nearby stream, the water coming down 70ft. through a 15in. pipe and generating over 40 horse-power
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 266, 6 August 1929, Page 11
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