NEW TURN AT BUNNERONG
SYDNEY, September 5. "White collar volunteers who are keeping the Bunnerong power station working have threatened to join the employees of the plant who are on strfke. . With breakdowns among some of the units at Bunnerong already, Sydney faces a complete electrical blackout, or heavy rationing. Electricity supplies failed completely this afternoon in nine Sydney suburbs. j The volunteers have issued an ultimatum that unless power is restricted to essential users today, they will stop work. ' •■'. • " . They' said they objected to working up to '25 hours at a stretch to keep all users supplied, as they; considered this was making use of them as -strikebreakers. ' - ■•"■■- -f" The leaders of the State Government are making every effort to settle the dispute and avoid rationing. The Sydney County Council's electricity • undertaking, the key- station of which is Bunnerong, . serves more ..than 1,000,000 people in an area of 90f square miles. -> "'
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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152NEW TURN AT BUNNERONG Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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