OAMARU IN DARKNESS.
RESULT OF. RECENT MISHAP.
TROUBLES OF NORTH OTAGO.
SUPPLY FOR THE HOSPITAL.
[By TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] OAMARU, Tuesday.
Owing to a shortage of water supply and delay occasioned by difficult working conditions in the erection of the new tower to convey the hydro-electric power lines across the Waitaki River in place of the tower which collapsed last week, North Otago is now practically without electricity, the Power Board finding it impossible to carry on with the standby set owing to the water shortage. Arrangements have been made to supply power to the public hospital and the North Otago Times office, but otherwise Oamaru is in darkness, and no power is being supplied to the surrounding district, with the exception of Awakino. It is hoped to have a line across the Waitaki River from the Lake Coleridge scheme late to-morrow afternoon.
Yesterday an attempt was made to get a line across the river, which is still in full flood, by means of rockets, and this was successfully done. The place where the men are working is a very treacherous one. The utmost care has to .3 exercised in negotiating the swollen river, which has been fed by heavy rains in the back country.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20481, 5 February 1930, Page 10
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