ARAPUNI POWER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 19, 13 April 1927, Page 8

ARAPUNI POWER

I CONSTRUCTION DELAY; Difficulties the Da> NO CURRENT TILL END OF

Through construction l+rta , I supply of current from ArapJ 16 * | be expected till the end of i | latest advice received from ' thi. ‘U ti ‘ I 1 | ister Of Public Works i„ regard ! Arapum power station. On recehL t the communication at yesterday-. * * I ing of the Auckland Electric i?* I Board it was resolved that the * ter be asked what steps are Tf' ! taken to provide power accordiNg I the contract entered into by the hi T In his communication to the | the Minister of Public Works p *• K. S. Williams, stated that he f -retted to have to advise that follow,*' 1 close investigation of the | works he now found that the rv tractors had evidently consideraht under-estimated the difficulties 0 f if S taining a satisfactory between the river and the po* ' house excavations, and were, i n qC. | quence, considerably behind on t* * section of the work. The Minister 2' i advised that the Department w** 2 § ing the contractor every assistance! 1 push on the work and had provifc, I plant and material for the work, h I regretted, however, to have to i n f o - the board that it did not appear pff sible to supply power from that sourc. to meet requirements before the 2 of 1928. The chairman. Mr. W. J. Holdswor, moved that the Minister he asked wV provision the Government was makb for a supply of power. He stated ,12 after the present winter the would require 4,000 k.w. over and abm' what was at present being receive! If the Department could manage to sS one unit working it would get ft, board out of a great deal of troubl, if not they would have to try to i extra power from somewhere else I Mr. T. Bloodworth: Doesn't ft,nullify their contract with us. | The chairman: All we can do Is look f to the Government to see what tv I are going to do. It is not our obltel tion and we must throw it on to ft, < 1 overrun rnt. In reply to a question regardiar present requirements the chairman said j that they would be able to scrap through the present winter with ft, supply at present available; in the following year an extra supply would be imperative. If the Govemmw; could only get one set going it would help. It was resolved that the chairman suggestion be carried into effect imme. diately.