HARNESSING WATER POWER
WANTS OF WELLINGTON PROVINCE [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. A large deputation representing the towns and local bodies in the Wellington Province waited upon Mr. Massey, Sir Joseph Ward and the Hon. W. Fraser this afternoon and urged the vigorous prosecution of the hydro-electric scheme. The delegates referred to the success of the Lake Coleridge scheme, and pointed ou£ that much water-power was going to waste. The Ministers were sympathetic with the deputation, -but stated that war considerations were bound to be dealt with before anything else. Mr. Fraser emphasised also the great shortage of labour. Because of this fact he had not been able to spend half the amount allocated him last year-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16620, 17 August 1917, Page 5
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118HARNESSING WATER POWER New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16620, 17 August 1917, Page 5
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