NIGHT OF DARKNESS
OTAGO POWER SUPPLY" FAILS At 11.40 a.m. on Monday the .power supply to the Otago Power Board's southern district was interrupted and tho whole of South Otago .from the Taieri River to Owaka was. in darkness throughout the night. The fault was located behveeh Milton and Waipori and patrols were sent out from Waipori, Berwick \ and Milton., The Dunedin City Council's elocHHc.department offered the services of .'its 'men, and it was one of these patrols'.which found the break in the hoe. at: the Waipori end. ' . ~; . , ,-,...' .• . Repairs were commenced,'; by liife board's men and the city employees, and tho work was carried on we]). into (lie night. ' ■ ;, \ The districts affected were Milton. Balelutha, Lawrence, and Owaka..
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17526, 22 July 1931, Page 6
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118NIGHT OF DARKNESS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17526, 22 July 1931, Page 6
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