Shortage of Power

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 160, 8 July 1943, Page 4

Shortage of Power

THE REASON WHY. To the admonitions and warnings about extravagant and unnecessary us© of electric power, the retort whick comes readily the the lips of the mau-in-the-street or the woman in-the-hom© is, “Well, why don't they make provision to generate more power! ’* Those responsible for the supply of electricity could quite easily reply that you can’t produce electricity for New Zealand from plant in England. War has kept that plant there and we are without our additional output. In the meantime, however, demand has risen. More factories are producing war goods, more camp© are relying on electricity for light and power, and the householders’ demand* are unabated. Industry’s requirements cannot be reduced at all, the camps but little, aud consequently the householder must shoulder a large responsibility in the conservation of power. Every light-switch or hotpoint must be turned off immediately it ia no longer required. —lssued by the Electricity Controller, Public Works Department.