MANGAHAO POWER
CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY SUPPLIED. THE SWITCHING ON CEREMONY. [Per Press Association.] WAIPAWA, Oct. 20. The ceremony of officially switching on the Mangahao hydro-electric current to supply Central Hawke's Bay Power Board took place this afternoon at Onga Onga sub-station. The Prime Minister wired regretting his inability to attend and wishing the scheme the greatest possible success. The opening ceremony was performed by Sir George Hunter, M.P., who briefly reviewed hydro-electric devel opment in New Zealand. Mr. C. Pattison, chairman of the Power Board, traversed the various steps towards the formation of the board, and stated that up to the pre sent the total expenditure on the icheme was £76,350. So far 740 bufldngs had been connected up. Various other speakers stressed the ■mportance of the scheme as a vital .ink in the Dominion’s electrical fhain
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19434, 21 October 1925, Page 8
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