ELECTRIC POWER.
THE ARAPUNI SCHEME. FOR THE WORK. (fIT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION ) WELLINGTON. Julv 11. In a statement to the House on the Arapuni power scheme, the Minister for Public Works reviewed the position. He said that after the examination of fh® tenders it was found that the cheapest alternative, and one which at the same time was absolutely satisfactory from a technical point of view, was that of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., at £1,175,652, their price being within less than one per cent, of the departmental estimate. The Minister explained that tenders were called for the work in two contracts, one for the dam, spillway and part of the headworks, and the other for the erection of the power-house and the installation of the requisite plant for a capacity of sixty thousand horsepower, but the conditions said that preference would be given to a firm tendering for both contracts.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 July 1924, Page 5
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153ELECTRIC POWER. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 July 1924, Page 5
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