'Hydro lakes low!' "So what are you doing to save energy in this time of crisis Bert?" "I've sold my big car and bought a house closer to the pub!" 12 June, 2008

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'Hydro lakes low!' "So what are you doing to save energy in this time of crisis Bert?" "I've sold my big car and bought a house closer to the pub!" 12 June, 2008

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TAPUHI

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A 'GOOD EVANS' cartoon. Shows two men in a pub. One of the men is the proprietor and is reading about the hydro lakes being low in the newspaper. He asks a man sitting at the bench with his glass of beer what he is doing to conserve energy and the man replies that he has sold his big car and bought a house closer to the pub. Refers to low rainfall in the South Island meaning that the hydro storage lakes for power generation plants are very low and that therefore there is a danger of power c...

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Date created

2008

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22383100

Locations

Lake Tekapo / Lake Pukaki / Lake Hāwea / Tekapo, Lake / Pukaki, Lake / Hawea, Lake

Related subjects

Hydroelectric power plants / Rain and rainfall / Electric power failures / Electric power production / Bars (Drinking establishments) / Electric power / Conservation / Energy conservation / Lake Tekapo / Lake Pukaki / Lake Hāwea

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