POWER FROM HORAHORA.
REQUEST FROM THE KAIPARA J ' '< 'J r ■-« >MJk-BS 0 ' ' DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. The feasibility of supplying the Helensville ; district with hydro-electric ipower from Horabora was mentioned . before the Hon. J. G. Coatee, Minister for Public Works, on Saturday, by a deputation representing the Kaipara " Electric Power! 1 Board. ' Y " It was stated that the board's consulting engineers, who ? had been carefully considering the practical question of , erect- ' ing a local generating plant, had imported . ; that a Diesel 'engine plant could be run, L ;f jin the circumstances " only, sat a loss r, of - | £1000 per apnum. In view of this report, the deputation asked the Minister if he would consider the .possibility;; of ; V supplying the board with current from Horanora. , ' f 1 ' Mr. Coates replied that his r decision would depend |on th« extent <to which , ' ■ there would be power to spate from Herahora after completion of the understandI ing /irrived at | with 1 the Auckland Power % I Board. He would obtain a | report'; on i. :: the matter from his engineers. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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175POWER FROM HORAHORA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 11
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