DEMAND SLACKENS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1075, 12 September 1930, Page 10

DEMAND SLACKENS

POWER CRISIS DEFERRED IN CANTERBURY STILL NO RAINFALL Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Thurs. No rain fell on the catchment area today and the level of Lake Coleridge again fell slightly. The economies effected in the use ot' power however and the use ot! stand-by plants have greatly reduced the demands on Lake Coleridge and the crisis is being deferred. Tlie department will have to ration power very soon if uo rains fall, but it. is anticipated that the Lake Coleridge plant will then generate 7.500 kilowatts. This should be sufficient for such services as water and sewerage, with possibly some power for factories.

DAYLIGHT SAVING REQUEST IN HOUSE “WOULD RELIEVE POSITION” THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter PARLIAMENT BLDGS., Today. Tire unfortunate position of the district supplied with electric power by Lake Coleridge was referred to in the House this morning, when Mr. D. G. Sullivan (Labour —Avon) asked the Acting-Prime Minister, the Hon. E. A. Ransom, if he would at once take steps to apply one hour’s daylight saving to the Canterbury area with a view to relieving the position. The position was very serious, said Mr. Sullivan, and representations had already been made to the municipal authorities concerned by the shopkeepers of Christchurch regarding daylight saving. Mr. Random said that he realised the seriousness of the position and intended thoroughly to investigate it during the week-end, when the suggestion made would be taken into consideration.