Canterbury Faced With Power Shortage
A WINTER DROUGHT. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Faced with a shortage of electric power through the unprecedented drought conditions in the back country and the consequent fall in the level of Lake Coleridge, the Public Works Department has asked the Christchurch Tramways Board to bring into operation from to-morrow its own steam generating plant and is appealing to the public for strict economy in the use of domestic current. The position is not yet serious, but should the present drought continue for the next few weeks, the level of the lake may be so reduced that the maximum load at present existing could not be carried. The diversion, of the river Achieron. which will provide a considerable additional supply of water, is being put in hand immediately. The Tramways Board’s plant has not boon used for any length of time since the Coleridge scheme was first completed, but has frequently been in use on one or two days if the tranoway load exceeds 1000 kilowatts, which is the maximum it can produce. The balance of power will be drawn from Lake Coleridge.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1930, Page 6
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