ELECTRIC POWER FOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS
COMMERCIAL BASIS NEEDED Residents of the P»kur*nf» district have been prets'fifl Auckland Power Board forr* cuiation. but the b»ard ojt yesterday that it could not d© work yet. | THE second survey of the i general engineer | tlie work should not be P ro f ee ~ 1 - j-gj as for an outlay of £3,000, only ~ a year would be returned. ,a. The chairman, Mr. W. J. Holds , said the return was inadequate^. . the board was committed ” ! £20,000 on an unremunerativc uu tween Papakura and Cl eve<ion . j be w’ise to confine other wo commercial basis. . * s- red Mr. F. M. Waters argued been the Government's the hydro-electric power nationalised that the should centres of secondary indu-sury help the primary producers obtaining power. %» r Watff* Mr. Holdsv/orth reminded xgof the financial difficulties o ucboards had encounter«sd tnrv-e businesslike extensions. . Mr. Bloodworth observed having all sympathy ior t £ cauproducers, the board sho tious. It was decided to leave the wor in the meantime. _
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 12
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165ELECTRIC POWER FOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 12
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