HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11367, 13 October 1917, Page 5

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.

In the House on Thursday the Minister of Public Works, in dealing with hydro-electric power, in the Public'Works Statement, stated that Lake Coleridge electrical power undertaking lias now completed its second year of operation. The Statement details what lias been accomplished, and states that the propects for the present year are promising, and there is every indication at present that the undertaking will earn sufficient to meet interest charges and depreciation as well as working expenses. During the year considerable progress has been made with the surveys and other preliminary work in connection with the development of hyrdo-electric works in the North Island. Surveys have been completed for i lead works on the Mangahao River at Arapuni on the Waikato River, and a survey of the transmission-line between Shannon and Wellington has been completed, whilst a survey of a transmission lino between Auckland and the Waikato River is in progress.^ Investigations have been directed towards determining the best method of providing a general supply of electricity for the North Island. The indications point to tire advisability of developing three sources —namely, tire Waikato River, Waikaremoana, and the Mangahao in the south. Other water-power sources will, in all probability, be developed in the course of time, but the three sources mentioned above would constitute the principal sources.