GRIT AND FILTH
EVANS BAY STATION
The Mayor, Mr.. Hislop, ' has very definite opinions about how bad the nuisance from the Evans Bay power station is." '"A perfect abomination;" was his description at the meeting of the City Council 'last .might. The station, he said, was today running all out for 24 hdUrs ; of;-the day to meet the demands for power consequent upon difficulties of supply and loss of plant ordered for the, hydroelectric system, and was burning poor coal, with the consequence that homes in the vicinity were smothered \ in grit and filth. Plans had been prepared for equipment to minimise the nuisance; some had arrived and some had not. Twice, parts of the equipment ordered from England had been lost by enemy action, once at the factory and the second time at the wharf side while awaiting shipment. Other equipment was to come from Australia, and was delayed as special authority was required to proceed with the work, and pending reception of overseas components, the nuisance could not be I stopped, for the special equipment could not be made mi New Zealand. "There seems-to be a hoodoo on the whole thing," said the Mayor, referring to the double loss of the English equipment through air bombardment. \
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1942, Page 6
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208GRIT AND FILTH Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1942, Page 6
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