WATER RATIONED IN AUCKLAND
EIGHT GALLONS A DAY FOR EACH PERSOiN (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 13. Drastic action was taken to-day by the Mayor of Auckland (Mr J. A. C. Allum) in his capacity as chief warden of the E.P.S.. to conserve the seriously depleted water supply of the city. A state of emergency was declared and an order was issued that consumption must be reduced to not more than eight gallons a person daily. In cases of proved waste supplies would be cut off and the persons affected would have to carry water to their homes from the street standpipes. E.P.S. officers have been authorised to check the consumption of water in residences, and will man any standpioes put into use. Mr Allum said: “No matter what inconvenience the general public might suffer, the needs of hospitals, essential war industries, and services must be catered for. The public must volun- j tarily submit to the rationing of water or be disconnected from the supply.”!
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23947, 14 May 1943, Page 4
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