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Saturday, December 15, 1973
Instructions have also gone out to all P.W.D. units which use
powered machinery that all machines must be switched off when not in use.
This applies, for example to the lathes used in the Electrical and Mechanical
Office and to the marine engines and other equipment in the vessels of
the Port Works Division of the Civil Engineering Office.
In addition, all contractors on P.W.D. lists have been urged to
make similar fuel economies on their work sites.
Throughout the Public Works Department there has been a widespread
positive response to a personal appeal by the Director, Mr. A.S. Robertson,
that all staff should take every possible common-sense measure to save
power and eliminate waste.
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Many corridor lights have been permanently switched off, office
lights have been cut to the bare essential and vehicles are being shared
wherever possible.
In fact, figures in the first week of December indicated that
there had been a saving in electricity consumption of about 40 per cent
over the provious week in Murray Building alone.
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