CHEAP WATER POWER.
• The newest hydro-eleotrio schema of the King Country and one which must hold the record tor cheapness is 'that to serve the Pio Pio and : Aria district a. ' ••'•■"'• the Wairere Falls on the Mokaußiver, 22 miles from To Kuiti, are the source of : , the power. A channel one chain and a > half in length is ell th« hwidworks. A ;: fall of 80 feet is obtained and for £4500 ffisl 250 h.p. is secured. "-j: The maximum power available is 500 h.p. In this rich district where dairying is increasing rapidly the supply of power will be of great advaatage to farmers. * -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18342, 7 March 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)
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104CHEAP WATER POWER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18342, 7 March 1923, Page 3 (Supplement)
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