LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 6 May 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

According to a statement made yesterday by Mr S. J. Trotter, Engineer to the Grey Power Board, there had been little response bv individual consumers to his previous call for voluntary saving of electric power in the Grey area. The engineer said that no immediate curtailment of powersupply was contemplated, but he felt that it was now up to the public to respond to the appeals for the voluntary saving of power by using less lighting and heating appliances’. The policyof the Government may in future be explained to the people by means of a White Paper from time to time.' This was the recommendation of the committee of the Labour Party which dealt with remits on the press which came before the conference of the LtVour Party yesterday morning. The recommendation was adopted. The recommendation is in line with the policy adopted in England. Have you seen Jbff’s new bar ? Empire Hotel, Ross. —Advt. National savings in the Westland postal district amounted to £21)03. or £9lB in excess of the quota of £lOB5 last week. Five of the 10 district offices were successful, contributing a total of £lB4l. All offices were credited,- with quota successes by means of accumulated surpluses. The investments of the successful offices, with surpluses in parentheses were Grevmouth £l 9 -04 -.£779); Brunnerton £274 (£224); Runanga £2lB (£118); Kumara £35 <£lo>; Otira £lO ( —). The remaining offices contributed the following: Reefton £74 (deficiency £16); Ross £5 (£20); Waiuta £4 (£21); Blackball £ll (£39); Hokitika £6B (£117).