OAMARU IN DARKNESS
NO CURRENT AVAILABLE. By Telegraph—Press Association. OAMARU, February 5. Owing to shortage of water supply, and the delay occasioned by the difficulty of working conditions in the erection of a new tower to convey hydro power lines across the Waitaki river in place of the tower which collapsed last week, North Otago is now practically without electricity. The Power Board is finding it impossible to carry on with the standby set, owing to water shortage. To-night arrangements have been made to supply power to the Public Hospital and the “North Otago Times,” but otherwise Oamaru is in darkness, and no power is being supplied to the surrounding district with the exception of the Awakino main line, conveying electricity to the new hydro scheme there. It is hoped to have a line across the Waitaki from the Coleridge scheme late to-morrow afternoon.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18491, 5 February 1930, Page 8
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144OAMARU IN DARKNESS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18491, 5 February 1930, Page 8
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