The Wanganui Chronicle. “Nulla Dies Sine Linka” FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921. CHEAP POWER.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18248, 5 August 1921, Page 4

The Wanganui Chronicle. “Nulla Dies Sine Linka” FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921. CHEAP POWER.

One of the principal phases of industrial and engineering development following upon the War, has been the combining of many well known firms and interests with' a view to securing greater eiiuiei’cy in the post-war deveiupmeiiu ot irade. Gne of the be-.t examples ci* liiis snb.’jcl is the j recent eemuiiiatioii of tin ,vel.-niio.. i engineer iii{; item ot S.,- G. Arid-; suong i. lilt..«.rih .c .o, Ltd., ith a i:i:ui!.cr cf o'.i: ; r e: ; ,:..ter:iig arms, | ;and the sub- -yw u< development ot | La Civil Erg’fneeriii," r-.aj C atraeting I IK.‘. icv Vie I'Uipcse :■ tecaiiug; [large mix.ruets a. every p'.ri oi tile | !worlc, rill', a 'id to i> .icing engi- I inhering product! r.s well as the pre-| i fessic.:.a abiiitic iof ihci: staffs. Mr. • IT. A. Ross is at present in Australia I on a missiou_cf investigation for this j group. He has already visited; United States, Canada, New Zealand, [ with the same object. The paramount necessity of the present industrial situation is the supply of abundant cheap power. That is the vital and outstanding essential—cheap power. This point, which is of particular interest to Wanganui just now, is emphatically stressed by an Australian contemporary. “Australia,” it says, “has determined that her national future is bound up largely with industry, running in conjunction with her great prinfary resources, and in order to do this successfully she must be prepared to develop every available source of power. This question is not merely one of developing such powers, from a profit-bearing point of view, but it is also a national question, because every ton of coal burned is irreparably lost, whereas water power having once been used and gone to the ocean is returned to such a country ! as Australia through her rains.’’ New | Zealand, too. is shaping ber course on [right lines; but m.loriunately the I big hydro-development schemes tb which the Government is committed are not likely to benefit Wanganui. Nature, however, is offering us unique facilities for the development I of a scheme of aur own, and it is for the people to say whether this really splendid opportunity is to be foolishly thrown away. Surely even at the eleventh hour, wisdom will be permitted to prevail and prevent the suicidal sacrifice of Nature’s proffered* gift.