BUSINESS FALLING OFF
ELECTRICAL DEALERS FEEL POWER SHORTAGE
ADDITION TO PLANT URGED The failure of power from Arapuni is already. affecting suppliers of electrical; appliances and machinery. One of the most serious features is the action of the power boards in the Waikato in refusing to grant permits for the installation of new motors and cookers, etc. Power in the Waikato is at a minimum at present, and the power boards are trying tp conserve,it for essentials only. However, if the shortage continues, big firms supplying electrical equipment will find their business fall ing off considerably. There has been no shortage in Auckland and the Power Board here has not placed any restrictions on the granting of permits for new installations. It is hardly likely that such action will be taken In the city, but if it were, wholesale firms would feel the loss of trade instantly. One city firm stated this morning that its travellers did practically no business at all on their last trip through the Waikato recently. As permits had been refused for the installation of motors aud stoves and other plants of that kind no one required any accessories, such as wiring or fittings. Representatives of the various wholesale electrical firms met recently to discuss the situation, as they are anxious to see something done immediately.
“We are whole-heartedly with the Auckland Power Board in the action it has taken to have the position remedied as soon as possible,” said one wholesale man this morning. He also paid a tribute to the manner in which the board had accepted and met the situation without loss of time. Another merchant stated that in his opinion the board would be doing the right thing by installing another 15,000 k.w. unit at the King’s Wharf Station. This would enable sufficient power to be generated to supply the country districts aud thus relieve the situation there, at the same time maintaining a plentiful supply for all purposes In the city and suburbs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1008, 26 June 1930, Page 1
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