SYDNEY HAS POWER CUTS

Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1946, Page 5

SYDNEY HAS POWER CUTS

STDNET, .Timo 21. First stage of the electricity rationiiur was announced today when the .Uinister of Local Government, ""^Ir. (hihi 1-1, placed an immediate prohibition or- the use of electricity for exterior lighting and heaJing appliances in shons, factories and warehouses in New iSouth "Wales. Tlie restrictions do not yet apply to domestic users of electricity and radiators can be used in homes. Tliis is the first. of a four-point plan evolved sonie months ago. Puliurbau blackr.uls are still occurring due to Ia'ck of mainten'ince at the Biiiinerong plant and peor quali'ty coal n ow being used. With tlie coal position now officially 'tdescribed as desperate, drastie tram servi'-e cuts cnme into effect in Kydnev and Xewcastle today. The regalar ser- : vces have been reduced by 25 per cent.' i and no trarns will run on Sundav. i The Coal Commissioner stated last I night that 110 coal reserves were avail- | able and that only maximum coal proj diu-tion wonld enable the • essential ser- ! vicos to be maintained. Maximum proI duction was not being aehieved and the | highest output reached in anv fortnight I tli'S ycar was not suffieient to "meet the ; present demand. | The tram cuts follow severe restrictions 011 suburban rail serviees which 1 began yesterday. Big reductions in the i country st 09.111 train passenger serviees I will operate within a week. Bunnei roug power liouse has now only Jittle | more than a day's snpply of coal.