£2m. Hume Weir Power Station - SYDNEY, Jan. 26. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) - 27 Jan 1949 (original) (raw)

hours (half of which would bei

used by NSW and the other half

by Victoria) is to be construc

ted at a cost of £2.100.00 under a

scheme adopted by State Cabi

Half of the capital cost is to

be borne by the Southern Elec

tricity Supply system. A 50

-year agreement regarding costs

and charges will be made with

the Victorian State Electricity

Cabinet was told that power

output equal to that which

would be obtained from the

use of about 140,000 tons of coal

would be obtained by the use ot

Another Cabinet decision was

to agree to a Bill being pre

pared to ratify an amendment

to the River Murray Agreement

under which the storage capa

city of the Hume Weir is to be

increased from 1,250,000 acre