PRIORITY FOR KARAPIRO WORK
Wellington, This Day. Priority second only to jobs of the utmost urgency in the balance of defence construction programme was to be Accorded the Karapiro hydro-clectric scheme on the Waikato River, according to a statement on Saturday by ihe Minister <>f Works. Mr Semple. He said that the progress and expansion that had taken place in the use of electric power for industrial and domestic purposes definitely linked us to an electric economy, and the supply sarily muM precede further expansion jn industry or the erection of electricallyserviced homes to the extent aimed at.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 9 April 1945, Page 4
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98PRIORITY FOR KARAPIRO WORK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 9 April 1945, Page 4
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