TOWER SUPPLY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 14

TOWER SUPPLY

PROPOSED EXTENSION

(By; Telegraph—Press Association.) -~ INVERCARGILL,' February 26. ; The \< proposed extension of the..; Monowni electric power headworksand the possibility of connecting Southland with the supply from the Wai- '■'■ taki works, wJych will probably.be iat operation by the end of the year, were - discussed by members and' officers 'of ■• the Southland: Electric { Power Board 7 with the chief electrical engineer of the' Public..Works -Department, Mr. F. T.: M. itt,a'\eorifcrence today. , " ■'.. The position as.the outcome of thisdiscussion and recent consideration bytho board is that the board's cngU iieer will prepare plans and estimates'. for the proposed extension, ■""■■which" would consist of pipe lines,1 surge clmm-: ber, penstock and powerhouse, extension,: and a new turbine and generator to pro--vide for an extra 5000 kilowatts. Thesoplans will subsequently be submitted to" the Department for approval and' to the board for decision. "■■'■"■■;'.''■■ ■'■ If this work proceeds, provision" would later be made for. additional lakestorage ,and water control. ■ ' ; Somo jrears ago, at the little townof Lens, in Northern France, Descamps" kept a small'boxing school, where ka' was known as "Professor," and taught* tup English variety of boxing. Georges' Carpentier, as a boy, .visited this school.: He did not look a promising pupil, but after.a couple of rounds Pescatnps re-I cognised a master, and thought it worthwhile to obtain permission of the lad's parents to put him into training; From: these small beginnings came the world boxing fame of Georges Carpentier,' with a reflected glory to Descaraps ad' the . discoverer of the new star, and later on aB Ms manager. ; ■ '■■