FAILURE OF POWER.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 1. Wellington has been without power from the Government hydro-electric system since 5.25 this morning and the city was without trams until 8.15 when the steam plant at Evans’ Bay got going. The tramway and observation buses did their best to meet the situation, but great inconvenience was experienced by the early workers, especi•allv those in the more outlying parts. From a statement by Mr Kissell, chief Government electrical engineer, the trouble appears to be similar to what occurred on Wednesday on the Wanganui line, but accumulated on the transmission line, the insulators becoming damp with fog and mist and forming a conductor, causing the insulators to flash over. The trouble on this occasion is on both lines from Mangahao to Wellington.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 2
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