HORAHORA PLANT.
OIiOSINO DATE, ' [BV TEtEORAW—BMMIA& 'wPOMWij f . * ;^tiiNG.TO», v TueacUr. Mr. %' W,' Abodes (Thames) asked in the House to-day: if the Cabinet' had accepted 'a tender for two additional turbines to augment the Horahora plant He said-this-was a, matter of concern: to all power boards in. the district, - The easting sources. of electric power were working at tiieir makimura capacity, and the demand war increasing. • • ; , The- Ministef vfor Public Works, Hon!. J; G. Coates, replied that tenders had been called.for two turbines of 2000 kOowatta capacity, each; The tenders would not close until March 6. , He could npt: .close ./them-' sooner. He adraitwd there was a market for the additional power, but in the department was saving quite a. lot of money, f
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17964, 14 December 1921, Page 10
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