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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1974.

VATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AN TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 34,596 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 51.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 65,637 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE VAS 26,622 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50,143 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAHE DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 52.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9AM TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,372.7 MM (54.04 IND.

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,988.3 MM (78.28 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 31.0 PER CENT,

LAMINATED DRIVING LICENCES

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY STARTED ISSUING THE NEV LAMINATED CARD TYPE OF DRIVING LICENCES.

FOR THE TIME BEING, THE NEW LICENCES ARE BEING ISSUED ONLY ON FIRST ISSUE OR RENEWAL.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID IT WILL TAKE TIME TO CONVERT ALL BOOKLET LICENCES BECAUSE THERE ARE OVER 450,000 LICENCE HOLDERS.

+LATER WHEN EXTRA STAFF IS AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE. TO REPLACE THE OLD LICENCES BEFORE THE DATE OF RENEWAL FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO HAVE A NEW TYPE LICENCE. MOTORISTS WILL BE INFORMED WHEN OLD LICENCES CAN BE REPLACED.+

THE NEW-STYLE DRIVING LICENCE, THE SIZE OF AN IDENTITY CARD, IS EASIER TO CARRY. IT IS LAMINATED TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF FRAUD AND DAMAGE.