LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Hawera Star, Volume L, 18 September 1930, Page 9

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

An interruption of the electric power supply in Hawera and . the southern portion of the South Taranaki Power Board occurred to-day through a fault in the first span of lines leading from the power house. The high wind caused some of the wires to brush each other in swinging, and it was necessary to. cut off the current in order to allow the trouble to be remedied. The Power Board first communicated with the principal users of industrial power and then switched off at an hour which best suited the working conditions of factories and other plants. The making of repairs to tlie line occupied only about half-an-hour.

Appeals to charitable organisations are a fair barometer for unemployment, but. tlie experience of the ladies’ auxiliary or the Peace-time Division of the Wellington Red Cross last month exceeded the worst anticipations! for seasonal distress. In dealing with 264 applicants the organisation was faced with almost- five times the number of requests received in August,. 1929. Tlie great need is for clothing, and last month the association distributed! 993 garments. The supply is inadequate, and purchases have to be made. In less than two hours on one day last month the organisation distributed £4O worth of boots and clothing.