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ELECTRICITY AT TE AWAMUTU.
(it miar.An.—pkess associathn.) /• TE AWAMUTU.. This Day.
The Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Public Works) visited Te Awamutu. yesterday and inspected 1 the Anuahue Soldiers' Settlement, which is one of the most successful' in the Dominion. He received numerous' deputations regarding- town and country matters.' He attended the ceremony of switching on the electric supply. When Mrs. Coates touched the button, Te Awamutu was flooded with electric light from, Horahora. An announcement was made that the Power Board has -arranged for a 10 years' loan of '£62,000 in Australia at par and 7 per cent., being the balance of the A 120,000 authorised to complete the p works in:the district. A hundred dairy plants will be connected within a week. Mt., Coates said that the Government was looking to places like Te Awamutu to demonstrate the -existence of a demand for electric power on the dairy farms.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 50, 27 August 1921, Page 6
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155ALL LIT UP Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 50, 27 August 1921, Page 6
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