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SPOTLIGHT
ON GAS
Cut Soon in
Britain
"The Age" Special Correspondent and A.A.P..; : y
LONDON, February 23.
The Ministry of FueL announced on Satur
day that the gas industry had been ordered to- .
reduce consumption of coal by 10 per cent. as:-,
from that day to May 2.
I The Ministry spokesman (Sir
! Guv Nott-Bower) said the elec-
i tricity switch-on order for in-
| dustrv to-morrow.-- "Still; held. : but:
I the Ministry was .uncertain ' how
i the situation .would 'develop in
i the next 24 hours.- . .
I Though coal stocks at- elcotrl-.
' ciiv power stations-are mounting
; slowlv, blizzards. and snow storms,
I which are sweeping .the country;,
l and ice floes drifting '-towards tne
i east coast are -still delaying the
transport of _ coal by land: and
sea. > , . - '.-
The spotlight In the fuel crisis
has now swung to the gas com-
panies. and several -, plants in
southern England have warned
consumers to expect drastic cuts
in the next 48 -hours.
The. British Gas Council ;ast
night recommended a out in in
dustrial supplies and the main-
tenance or consumer supplied- at ,
.reduced pressures.
i : .Meanwhile, thin: snow Is still
(falling -from grey Arctic skies over
'London, - where: t.hevpublic is. sut-.
| fertng;- the- . increased . incon-
venience-ot. an acute shortage of.
potatoes ; and other - vegetables as
snow .-.'drtrts, have blocked roaos
from farms.
PLANES DROP ,
FOOD
. R.A.F. bombers again dropped
food -and fuel by -parachute on
: villages, cut .- off- .in- . East Angliai >
- Tot, .nnrrlnnr -.mnnnfoil' nn vnilai
way waggons are'assistmg to clear
tracks' m the Midlands, where
tanks: have been used to pull out
trucks hidden under snow for , : .
thiee dats
On the Moray. Firth, North
Scotland, the - sun: shone' for 12; . ;
hours;" though- meteorologists pre
dict no immediate- change in the: .
weather throughout Britain. . - .
' Political: circles, echo rumors of
a split in. the Government on the-..-;?;:
fuel and: industrial White Paper; :
Issues. -. r-V ,
The danger, of ice floes off . the .
Continental coast has caused the - ,
cancellation of the Dover-Ostend
Channel ..boat services. , -
Passengers, between- Belgium,
and Britain still have an alteiV;::i'V-::r»"
native; route through Calais,,
though a further westward move- .
ment of ice floes may imperil
shipping using Calais.
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