SERIOUS SHORTAGE
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES EFFECT ON BUILDING AUCKLAND, Thursday Grave concern exists among Auckland electrical contractors at the serious shortage of equipment. It is stated that supplies of conduit and cable are practically exhausted. Switchboard material is nearly exhausted and there is a growing shortage of fuses, lamps, lampholders and other essential gear. Fear is expressed that after December it will be impossible to carry out wiring contacts in houses or other buildings, and there is likely to be unemployment among wiremen and staffs of contractors. “ It is possible that those building Homes next month will have to rely on light other than electricity,” said the manager of an electrical supply fir mtoday. “ Licenses for imports of essential materials have been cut heavily. Stocks are now exhausted and it seerns impossible to obtain further supplies from overseas until February at the earliest. Some firms will be unable to renew their stocks until June.
A representative of another firm said he had not a foot of cable or conduit in stock. He predicted unemployment among country electricians.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 9
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176SERIOUS SHORTAGE Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 9
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