ELECTRIC POLES.
AND FAST DIMINISHING FORESTS A FUTURE PROBLEM. A matter concerning the hydroelectric scheme was mentioned by Mr L. Macintosh Ellis, Director of Forrestry, last night. In the course of his lecture on Forestry, he said the wood pole requirements for the reticulation of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board district would run Into 22,500, and the natural replacements of these poles from year to year in this district and region would require a large number and would run Into enormous sums of money every year, “Where are you to find these poles, if not in New Zealand or In your own district? Supplies from abroad are diminishing, are increasing in price, and very soon if these poles are not produced ag they can be In the district for which they are used, you will have to substitute other elements at a much greater cost."
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2474, 14 October 1922, Page 5
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