OPTIMISM

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1934, Page 10

OPTIMISM

POWER BOARD VIEW

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

OAMAEU, This Day

Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P., president of the Power Boards and Supply Authorities' Association, said he looked forward to the day when both islands would bo completely reticulated. The primary need was capital, and the State had been justified in raising loans abroad for hydro-clectrie development. Tho Dominion's system had been well planned, and the engineers were to be congratulated on their fine work.

"Our main hope is for the supply of cheap power for town and country alike, but the cost of reticulation, especially in scattered areas, has been very heavy," said Mr. Nnsli "Many complaints have boon made, but we should not be discouraged. The fanner, like tho city man, will como into his own, and we must not lose sight of tho original :um of establishing a national, system."

Continuing, Mr. Nash, said that the

time would come when electricity would receive widespread application to agriculture, with a resulting decrease in the drudgery of the farm and an increase in efficiency. Electricity had definitely ushered in n new age in economic and social development. With its full utilisation there would be greater scope for enterprise, more capital would be invested in primary and secondary industrial activities, and new avenues of employment would bo opened up. The potentialities of New Zealand's hydroelectric system could not be exaggerated.