POWER SCHEME ABANDONED.
A DISAPPOINTED COUNCIL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, January 16. Information has been received in Whangarei from a reliable source that ; n consequence of an unfavourable report from the Government electrical expert (Mr Parry) the Government is not prepared to proceed with the Wairua Falk hydro-electrical power scheme. At a meet, ing of the Whangarei Borough Council yesterday the Mayor (Mr T. H. Steadman) referred to the matter, with a motion that the attention of the Prime Minister be drawn to the promise made by Sir John Findlay that if the borough would find a market for 1206 horee-power per annum, the Government would mime, diately undertake the harnessing of the falls, and that if the Government is not prepared to stand by the promise, it be asked to delegate to the counpil the authority to proceed with the work. The Mayor added that he was prepared to lay before the council a scheme which he was sure would prove a commercial success. Mr S. Weaver, in supporting tho motion, (said that the Government would be, adopting a “dog in the manger” policy if it did not allow tho council to undertake the work. The motion was carried unanimously, and it was decided to ask the Prime Minister to give an immediate reply to the communication.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3019, 24 January 1912, Page 3
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