CUT IN POWER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 213, 8 September 1945, Page 5

CUT IN POWER

THE, SYDNEY STRIKE MAY GROW TO PROPORTIONS OF THAT IN 1917

Recd. 8.40 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 7. A complete blackout of nearly all of the Sydney suburbs, including the main industrial, areas, employing thousands of factory workers, occurred this morning. The areas were generally without supply for an hour. So serious has the position become that the County Council is sending out an S.O.S. over the national radio stations appealing to all consumers to exercise the utmost economy. A spokesman for the Sydney County Council said:—

“We are in a bad spot and the need for maximum economy has now become absolutely vital.” Union leaders told the New South Wales Labour Council that tho Bunnerong power-house disnufe held the elements of another 1917 strike. No "raver situation had occurred for years and 100,000 unionists might be thrown out of work. (The 191.7 strike started with a strike at Randwick Railway Workshops, and spread throughout tho railways into a general strike, involving hundreds of thousands of workers in this and other State-:). The Labour Council endorsed the attitude of the Labour leaders, and directed the men tn accept the advice of their unions and resume work. Tt directgd that, negotiations should continue.

Meanwhile, there will be no rationing before Monday, when the nosit ion "ill again be reviewed hr the State Government