FURTHER WARNING FROM THE GOVERNMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1947, Page 5

FURTHER WARNING FROM THE GOVERNMENT

Received Monday. 7 .5b p.m. LONDON, Feb. 9. On the eve oi' Britain's greatest electricity shut h>wn ihe foreeast for tomorrow is "cold in most districts with a slight thaw in the south which may spread north." Temperatures rose in the south cust and London and turned the snow in the city lnto lieavy slush. The Government has issued a further waruing "that tiie exceptional weather eont hiues to hinder coal rvodnotion and distrilmtion. Everything postible is being done to get coal to the larger power stations, but the supplies suflice only for essential .serviees and t n e minimum requirements of householdcws during permitted hours. Only the whole nation's cooperation will enablo the Government and the electricity undertakings to inaintain the vital serviees and to avert the danger of a b.-eak-down, but there is little margin of safety. " The Daily Express quotes ha example f the difliculties of the period by the fact that all the stocks of coal at Chesterfield were frr/en and had to be broken by bulldozers before it could

Times Comments. The Times, in a leading article, says: "The expedient of closing down the core of British industry is 110 less necessary for being desperate and its difiiculties, and th'e grave effects are no arguments against its application 110 w The restrietions throw into relief the nielancholy contrast between the fore sight which insisted on bread rationing and the lingering reluctance to com mand consumption reductions, enabling the creation of stocks sutticient to earr . i the country through without grievous ! damage. ' ' I This reluctance was, in effeet, n I gamble, especially in view of the pre j earious state of transport. The gambk 1 is now tragically exposed by the onse. of uncominonly severe weather. Th» Government can never forget, excep. at its own and the nation's pori 1, tha. the country 's coat in future must b( cut aceording to the cloth." The police have announced that a couple who left 'the Goathland llotel on ! February 3 and were believed lost in the Yorkshire blizzard are now wanted 111 connection with inquiries into the disappearance from the hotel of fun and jewellery worlh £323 says Reuters The police have been unable to tracithe couple at the address given 011 the forin used for a telegram -sent from London 011 February 7 saying that they were safe. The Nunday Express says the draw ing of a glamour girl 011 the wall at the Goathland Hotei and a trail oi similar drawings in lioteis in different parts of the country has given the poi ice a clue to the identity of the man and the wonian. The police say tht woman is a clever artist. Her descriji tion resembles a girl drawn 011 the hotel walls.