GAS RESTRICTION IN AUSTRALIAN CITIES
Breakdown of Conference In Melbourne aSYDNEY, Dec. 14. Drastic gas restrictions began to operate in Sydney from midnight last night, and will continue indefinitely. A maximum penalty of £5£)0 is provide'd for a breaeh of the restrictions. Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide , are all affected by the gaswbrkers' strike for higher wages and extended leave. No settlement is in sight, and in Melbourne a gasless Christmas is predicted. In Sydney, the use of gas is restricted to one hour, making the coolcing of joints impossible. Gas rationing will cause a bread shortage in Sydney on Monday, as bread factories depend on gas. Ten metal plants and a biscuit factory will close on Monday. A conference between the National Gas Association and the Australasian Councii of Trade Unions broke down in Melbourne. In Adelaide, where the gas strike is in its second week, consumers have been restricted to one hour's consumption a day, but . the emergeney supply collapsed last night, and has been discontinued. The employees at the Bunnerong Powerhouse are to stop work on Monday to discuss giievances which may lead to a strike and loss -of electric power.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5279, 16 December 1946, Page 5
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193GAS RESTRICTION IN AUSTRALIAN CITIES Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5279, 16 December 1946, Page 5
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