Scarcity of Water in Wellington.
MEASURES"FOR CONSERVATION. WELLINGTON, January 13. Owing to the continued dry weather the city authorities are carefully conserving the water resources. The use or water through hoses for gardening purposes except such water as passes through a meter has been forbidden for some Weeks, and in connection with this some prosecutions are mentioned as likely. The latest indication of the scarcity of water is the determination of the authorities to issue no permits for the present for burning rubbish.
BREAK IN A WATER MAIN. LATER. The shortage .of water has become aggravated by an accident. The pressure gauges in the city to-night, indicated that there was a break in the main, which carries the water from the principal reservoir to the city. Men have been sent to locate the injury, and effect repairs as speedily as possible.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9027, 14 January 1908, Page 5
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141Scarcity of Water in Wellington. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9027, 14 January 1908, Page 5
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