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tute ;field the February- meeting
. at-t,Whorne of Mrs. Oland and
Mrs,. Dick Bie1iards. 'he . rest -
dent, Mrs. Robt. Hamilton was ins
charge. Mrs, Fred Martin, sec.
treas.., gave the minutes of last
meeting and 'read letters of ape
preciation.for gifts and eards sent
out to the sick and shut-ins, In-
strt mentals were given by Miss
Verna Hamilton and ,Mrs. Tom
MacDonald, Lochalsh; . soloMr-_
s: ac ,reading by
Mrs.' Wm..,Stanley; contest' by
Mrs. Orland Richardsand, , Mrs.
Jack Henderson. 'It was w decided
to donate $1Q to: the Appeal ;for;
Children in Europe. and. Asia. ing at the "home of, • hei sister,.
Hon1es, offred•rsfor progressive Mrs, 0
, McGharles,••
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euchre were M. Jatines Ketch-
abaw, Mr's. Kelso McNay : and
F,lphick.-:04-Friday might
the , prbgressl'e euchre party will
Mrs, •Dan Nicholson,
Marion .&
•Kenneth are sick in bed°with the
'flu while Margaret was .opera -
°ted on for appendicitis inlar-.
be :held at Mrs. Retchebaw's, •A dine. She returned home on Wed..,
vote, of thanks wastendered the Mr. • John Cameron who Was
hostess and lunch was ;served. visiting his. sister;Mrr." rt ,Cook,
Mrs. •Wm, •.Smith ' is convalesc- left to visit his' brother. -in-law,
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Mr:,Add MacDonald', Pine itiver,
Mr, and Mrs. Jack ,Blue visited,
with Mr, and Mrs. • Grant Mac- •
Diarnlid on Saturday•
Mr. and "Mrs.; Jas. Ketchal taw,
Catherine and. Mae grated: at:-
Langside on Sunday* . `• " •
."Mr. Goldie . Martin underwent
a minor operd'tion Monday.
Wiiigham . Hospital.. ' . •
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'ower. Commission Qf 0ntario a04 the Munioipaf
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n view of, the •apparent publicmisun erstanding. of the respective functions- of The Hydro -Electric Power
clarify the situation.
The function. of the,Provincial 'Commission is : t �
o generate or buy electric pourer
unicipal Commissions and directly tat rural consumer <'and to certain industries.
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The function of."each`Municipal Commission is to sell to its' consumers within`the'municipality the electric ower
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purchased 'frCommission.•
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In ,practice, 'the ' Provincial .Com:mission and the .Munici al Commissions endeavour to 0 -operate with eac
other in the public interest.
By reason of lack 'of .rainfall last 'Summer `and;autumn and by lack of thaws; during the present winter,there
has beeira •substantial depletion of the storage of water necessary to maintain a high level of. continuousgenera-,
i s tion.` The resulting loss of production of electric -power, has taken: place -in Ontario and esewhere where power has
been.'purchased,both under:contract• and. in exces:s.of,contract commitments; lay the Provincial Co#emission, ,.This.
• jiiss:•of production :•
�' ion of electric Beer has'�beccme.so�sorious that• certain of those who`.had;contracts`to:su I the .:
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fro incial Commission with electric. power have been .corrlpelled not only to withdraw the electric power they had.
been supplying in excess of contract commitments,but as'weil:hav'e been compelled:to reduce delivery 'below -con-
• trod requirements by a furtherreduction of 8,00&,000 kilowatt,hours Per week.
As long ago as December 15th,• the ProvincialCommission notified the Municipal Commissions and indicated
to its direct consumers that,in addition .to cuts already, being applied' to direct consumers, it,was evident that,
.:unless additional voluntary, savings could be obtained, the•Commission would be obli9ed to.order'the"municipalities
to reduce their loads from time to time. bras 'much ::as. 15 percent or more. `This notification was given for, the ex-.
Tress iurpose of obtaining greaterconservation of power and to enable eac Municipal' Commission to plan in
advance the most equitable, allocation of power within the; mu•nicipality.
The Provincial' Commis,sion received ;notifrcttion.that the most recent cut of,power-Purchased. under'. contract - ;
Would be .effective. on Monday, February'16t In order. to make`, an..equitable `reduction. of power; delivery to all
Municipal Commissions, it was necessary far the Provincia!Con'imissionto'compute for each Municipal Commission
the .amount.ofreduction it;'would,:be ,called •upon toabsorb, afterctaking into, account; the 'amount of conservation,
alread . effected bit each 'Municipal; Commission.' since October 194T., To 'enable, the' Provincial °Commission to
iom •tete the'necessary.computations and to notify:the majority of Munic.pal Commissions of the amount of reduc-
.tiO:n each wouldhave to absorb by Wednesday, February 1±8th, it 'was: necessary'that; a substantial reductiom'. be
placed in effect. as of -Monday, February;16th, so that there would be, no risk of on .actual'. power stoppage in de- .'
. lVeries by the'Provi'ncial..Comm'ission. Tro accomplish.•`this, the .Provincial • Commission requested 'the Municipal
Commissions of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamulton, London, Windsor. and P terborough'.to reduce their takings, of electric
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eciflc amounts 'during':s.ecifed'times, and'also requested.ip ` ions toy. in the mean -
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, prior tb.the notification:to gall municipalities on •
Mcg da'• This was done to.' avoidstatements appiearing 'which• might,have: the effect .of. creating. quite,' erroneous
.;impressions of the amount of reduction ,necessary. in each, particular municipality: throughout the Province..
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In relation to the reduction of Power, each Municipal Commission was faced with entirely different considera• '
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I s a e within `each manic; alae For this reason,.it was not feaslbie
ti as to how available ower would be allocated
• nt to.lndicate to the consumers. in particular municipality
Igor rho 'Provincial Commission by a general, tany P Y.
the allocation of power ower that would. be made' by the Municipal .Commissions
•The Provincial' Commission is delivering to the Municipal' Commissions and to'its direct consumer
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it is ablegenerate or buy.
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of each �Munici al Commi`sslon fou determine riot only locat�ron of � • ow ant its con-
sumers, but also hat public explanation maybe desirable in. relation thereto...•
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