HYDRO-ELECTRICITY
THE PREMIER’S REVIEW. (Per Press Association WELLINGTON, June 19. Hon. J. G. Coates outlined the achievements of hydro-electricty in New Zealand on Saturday. He hoped the improved facilities would stop some of the drift from the country to the urban centres. The total water power available in sources of 1000 horse-power or more is about 770,000 h.p. in the North Island and 4,110,000 h.up. in the South Island- The most important development of hydro-electric power is its extension to farming and dairying. The total number of electricallydriven milking machines at March 31, 1926, was 4856, compared with 3581 for 1925, and in 1923 there were 1310. Regarding the expenditure, Mr Coates said that £5,733,000 had been spent to date, of which £4,293,000 had been spent in the North Island and £1,440,000 in the Soutft Island. Forty-two Power Boards have been formed, of the 54 provided for in the original scheme. The total area covered by the Boards is 65,446 square miles, or 64 per cent of the Dominion’s area. The total population concerned is 863,041, or 61 per cent. The demand per person has greatly exceeded all expectations.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 June 1927, Page 2
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