HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
LAKE COLERIDGE SCHEME. NECESSARY WORK. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. Owing to the level of Lake Coleridge having fallen eight feet the Government diverted the Harper river into the lake. The diversion works were only temporary and are liable to be swept away with the first big flood. In view of this fact and the serious effect a stoppage of the electrical sup. ply mould have on .industry the Government were urged to proceed with the permanent diversion works, estimated locally, to cost £SOOO, hut in view of the financial stringency the Government declined the request, its estimate of the cost being £IO,OOO. appeal to the government. The position was fully discussed at the meeting of the Council of the Progress League and the following resolution waa carried: —“That, in the opinion of this council, representing all the local bodies and public organisations of Canterbury and Westland, it is imperative that steps should be token as early as possible to secure and maintain the diversion into Lake Coleridge at the full normal flow of the Harper river, and that the Government be urged to proceed with * the work af tho permanent diversion/’
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10868, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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