SOUTHLAND ELECTRICITY

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 May 1938, Page 5

SOUTHLAND ELECTRICITY

RATIONING t’ONTINFED. [PEE FKESH ASSOCIATION.] INVERCARGILL. May 2a. Althmmh in coastal districts there were stormy conditions with occa- ; irn:tl showers of rain to-day, the weather nt Monowai remained fine, and th. ye were no indications during the day of tin: watershed surrounding the Jake benefiting front rain. Th-, b-vc! of t lie hike has shown only a. very slight variation during Ute last. week, some in n< fit having been obtained from several slight tails ot rain: but dating tin. six writs since restrictions on the use of electricity first became necessary the level has dropped a further foot, m nearly seven feet, below normal. When the Monnwai scheme was established about U> y. ars ago. the |e\ el of the lake warn artifi< mlly rnimd |U 10.-- .-.nd it Is now at th.- lowest level sim-e : the general ion <;l elect licit y va - 1,, Th,- rai'-ing 'fl i|u’ b 'el re- ; .nl(, d in the cngtiirins of bnslt on the foreshore, and d ad scrub ami tree trunk.- are ; ,ov. standing a considerable distance out of tin- water, indicating tile grrai clt itia-‘- that lias occurred dining row nl months. Iliuh'Atttor mark is, to bo seen ail round the lake, almost seven feet nbuvn the present level, and the tippettrance is similar to that of a bush-clad fjord at low title. Electric power is still being rationed throughout Southland. Invercargill has had no street lights in the suburbs, except those on the lia.ni roittes. since before Eaw-r. Occasionally it is necessary to cut off power to houses lor varying periods early in the evening.