WHO IS TO SUFFER POWER RATIONING?
-Press ■ Association
plea for domestic consumer.
By Telegraph-
■ ' ; WELLINGTON/ April 3PThe Auckland Manufacturers '■ Assoc-i-ati'ou has-jnado representations that the supply .of electricity for induSt'ry be •'fucreased but following a telegram from the Mayor bf Palmerston- No'rtli/' Mr. A. E. Manaford, the prosidcnt of the M'unicipal Electric fSuppiy Authoritie's, Mr. Will Apploton, waited on the Eiectric--i'ty Gontrollerj Mr. Ivissel, to'day to o'ppose any reduction in the donicstic supply to meet 'the Auckland request. . The Auckland viewpoint was that it was oi paramount importance t'liat imlustri'es be kopt going fulltime and, not Jiave .to lo.se hours through lack of powcr. Mr. Apploton 's representation, on behalf oi the municipalitics, counties and boroughs supplving powor, was that the domestie user of electric powcr was already sufficiently rationed. lie said lonight he believed, however, th:\t if the power position gcnerallv necessitated further rationing, it would be at the expense of the domestie consumer. Mr. Ivissel, sai'd tonight that his department supplied power in bulk-to' the ddistributing authorities'and it wils- for thcm to docide liovv tlidi-'r iildivfdua! •supply should be : all'ucated in' tlieir districts; , ' ! ' • '•
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 May 1946, Page 2
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