“ Did you go to the school picnic the other day ? ” wias a question asked of two country children bv Mr S. G. Smith, chairman of the Taranaki Education Board. “ No, sir, we stayed at home and pulled ragwort,” was the reply. , — Electricity is now available to more than 90 per cent, of the population of New Zealand. Some 15,000 route miles of electric distribution lines have been erected. Including the Government plant? there are 48 public electric power station* in New Zealand
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Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 29
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