ELECTRIC POWER OFF.
The call upon the City Council's electric power supply for industrial and com■nercial purposes is about 5000-horse .jowei'.' This demand is made by about "00 clients, In many cases the supply .is only for lift purposes; but almost "all the large industrial concerns, and some of the freezing works, automatic bakeries, '.sundries, wool stores, boot factories, refrigerating works, cordial and vinegar factories, etc., draw upon the city supply for electric current, and many 'of them also use gas for power and other ; purposes.
In addition, the. Post and Telegraph Department are extreniely hard hit, and the : Government printing works are thrown practically idle. The Harbour Board overhead cranes in some instances are driven off the city power supply, and are not workable.
Few city industries, even in the small est workshops, will escape inconvenience, even if it is 'not necessary for some employees to be temporarily put off. Others are already out of work. Orders in hand will be delayed, and this means much inconvenience, for most of the factories, larpre and small, have been working at high pressure. \ i
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 47, 24 August 1920, Page 8
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183ELECTRIC POWER OFF. Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 47, 24 August 1920, Page 8
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