ELECTRIC POWER FOR CHRISTCHURCH.
: V —'V .'■':'., : , ■■. - ■■ ' -."•.;.■ ■"'.' '"'■■■;''; ;: ;■ j>Y ";'JTBIJECBAPH.--PRESS ASSOCI.WIOK.'}'.'. ; CHitiSTCinJBpH, 'Wednesday. At? last right's meeting of the City Gown- ' ' I cil the Works Committee submitted the' .'• . following report:-—"The ; committee be«p- ,; ( to report that the tiro* has arrived «rh*n the present system 01 electrical supply .Is . unable to cope with thy demand, and thit r ' .-. it is necessary to oo&sider tie 3.]t ; iaSkit , i'i ~ ■ iof the extension afid ultimately:the supply- .' ing of the /whole area of the city and suburbs, and recommends that a gjwcial committee be set ■up to consider the relative '.'; y. merits of water, txeaui. or other jwwo: " " , suitable for the _ purpose." The recommen- ' , dation was made in consequence of the ■■)«"- - ' rant now obtained from the destructor be- -. . ing usable to-, supply the.'-.demands of tl*e >J :-. public. Speakers at the Council meeting -;, -, favoured the harnessing ot tlie W,itmak-rii't , : ox other large adjacent rivers, and » ob- , y taining unlimited power. The report was ~' .adopted. . .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13227, 12 July 1906, Page 4
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155ELECTRIC POWER FOR CHRISTCHURCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13227, 12 July 1906, Page 4
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