Rabaul Has Blackouts, Too!
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From Our Own Correspondent
Rabaul, Sept. 10.
THE Electrical Engineer of the Public Works Dept., Rabaul, New Guinea, advised in early September that “un necessary light and power must be switched off especially during the peak hours of six to eight p.m.”
On September 1, between hours of six and eight, the load was 35 per cent, heavier than normal and this resulted in a temporary blackout in one section of the town.
Electric light charges came into force in Lae, Madang and Rabaul on Septem ber 1. As there are no meters available, a flat rate has been charged for each in stallation —so much for each point, so much for each electrical appliance. Pos sibly this explains the overloading.