ELECTRIC POWER.
A GENERAL SURVEY. WEST COAST’S POSSIBILITIES. INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUNDS REGION. A proposal made some time ago to nse the Bowen Falls as a source of electric power for the manufacture of nitrates brought forth a storm of protest, with the result that the Government refused to allow the work to proceed. The Public Works Department, however, has not lost sight of the project, and at present investigations arc being carried out In the same part of the West Coast by Mr A. C. Jenkins (assistant Public Works engineer for Otago) and a small party of men with a view to obtaining information - regarding (lie, possibilities of harnessing lakes which will supply electric power for commercial purposes. The particular region to be explored is between Doubtful, Dagg’s, and Breaksea Sounds and Bakes Manapouri and Te Anau. Mr Jenkins will not be restricted to this area, and other unexplored regions will be investigated. The investigations are not being carried out for the purpose of assisting any particular enterprise, but to obtain an idea of the suitability of the West Coast Sounds region as a permanent source of electric power for commercial use.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19691, 19 January 1926, Page 5
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192ELECTRIC POWER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19691, 19 January 1926, Page 5
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