MORE URGENT NEEDS
TEKAPO JOB INTERRUPTED
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 23
Work on the Lake Tekapo hydroelectric scheme, begun in 1940 and estimated to take three years to complete, will shortly cease as part of the Government's policy of transferring all available plant and men to urgent defence works.
The Government's decision was announced by the Minister of Public Works (Mr. Armstrong), who expressed regret that war exigencies necessitated suspension of the work. It was imperative that all available men be diverted to defence works. The work already done must be protected and that was being done by a small staff of about 60 men, compared with a staff of more than 200 when the work was in full swing.
"The' need for power for industry and for household users is growing every year," he added, "and the closing down of the Tekapo scheme will have a decided effect on the power available in future years till the job can be resumed. The power shortage in the South Island, however, is not nearly as big a problem as it is in the North Island. Nevertheless, a stage.is being approached when South Island. power stations will have difficulty in supplying peak loads." '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 6
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200MORE URGENT NEEDS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 6
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