Power Shortage

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 14, 3 September 1941, Page 5

Power Shortage

CHAMBER Otf COMMERCE ■ Interested • A - ' In response tb the inquiry made to the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board as to what action wag being taken to ensure adequate power fqr indilstrles .during next winteir, i' «j|l ply was received and read at laM Wednesday's meeting of Ahe Lowel Hutt Chamber of Commerce. The letter stated that everything possible was being dope by the local board to ensure that an adequate i supply of electricity would be avail' able during the -coming year. It was pointed out, however, that the ofigin of supply and the means of increasing it were largely In the hands of the Government, and this was a matter over which the board had no control. After a full discussion, it was decided to write to the Chief Electricity Controller asking whether the decision ' of the State Housing Department to install electric equipment in newly-erected houses was being done with a full knowledge of the source of supply position, and whether alternative methods of heating, particularly gas, would not be more deßirable under the circumstances.