ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY.
CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 16. The effects of the war are reflected in the twelfth annual report of tho Central Electricity Board, which states that the black-out and the curtailment cl' non-essential industries, despite the increase in munition work, have already caused a substantial reduction in the maximum demand lor electricity supply. It appears improbable that any material increase will take place because of the war. The report says: “It can be confidently asserted that the existence of the grid system, which owes its origin largely to the recognition of deficiencies in the organisation of the electricity supply industry as a whole during the last war, is a material factor in increasing the contribution of the industry to the present national war efiort.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 8
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130ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 8
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