Shortage of Power
ELECTRIFICATION EFFECTS
Referring to the electrification of the Hutt railway at the last meeting of the "Wellington Housewives’ Association, the president, Mrs. F. Gilmore, said that the housewives should not be penalised through any enterprise of that magnitude. A member expressed the opinion that the electrification was for conserving coal, and another that it was for maintaining the industrial life.
Tlie president agreed that there was a great deal to be said for the electrification of the railways, and that it must come. However, she wanted to be sure tiiat the housewife was not penalised. Domestic power comprised 5 6 per cent, of the total energy used.
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Hutt News, Volume XII, Issue 22, 17 November 1948, Page 7
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110Shortage of Power Hutt News, Volume XII, Issue 22, 17 November 1948, Page 7
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