SOUTH ISLAND POWER

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27470, 2 October 1954, Page 3

SOUTH ISLAND POWER

STORAGE CONTIM TO FALL ’ The levels of lakes supplvi., for electricity in the South tinue to fall. In the 24 hours tG* yesterday, storage dropnai A.l units, to 18,140,000 units. At th.? 1 ning of the week, when th. Ns was 20,260,000 units, the ger of the State Hydro-eiS> partment (Mr A. E. DavenW 1 that unless there was an ItriS s during the week, it would be S? for supply authorities to m 1 ’ further 10 per cent, cut in S rct tion. Yesterday, an officer of the 5,. Ellesmere Electric Power Boa?? 11 that if restrictions were tighten? l ther his board would probabl?, to impose an evening cut V likely that it would last an h Ol , board, he said, had to watch «,? ests of persons operating In the board’s district there 1. general cut between 1 p.m. and? 01 ’ daily. Water heaters are off daii.v 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ft Minor Fires.—Two oven fire, by the ignition of fat. were?! guished by units of the Christi’ Fire Brigade yesterday. The H 11.10 a.m., was at 24 WairaW? the second was at 15 Clarendonit.!! at 4.23 p.m. A fire among old on the premises of Scott ftLS Ltd., at 65 Manchester street tended at 2.4 p.m. No damas» S Ambassador in Ottawa, Mr Koto I done.