Under this plan, ordinary industries will close down for two days and munitions industries for one day.
These measures have been found necessary as restrictions which had been decided in the amount of electricity to be used by large consumers had not been observed, according to the statement of Mr. Jiro Masuda, President of the Japan Elec-trio Generating and Transmission Company, in the Asahi, The restrictions had been fixed at 10 per cent. in the Kwansai (Osaka and Region), up to January 14, when it was increased to 28 per cent, and at 10 per cent. in the Kwanto (Tokyo and region) up to January 16, when it was increased to 20 per cent.
The delicate situation inherited from the preceding cabinet in this matter will thus be satisfactorily remedied, it is believed. That situa-.|tion may be judged by the fact that, due to shortage of electric power, several large factories in the Kwan-sai had been forced to close down in the middle of this month, including the Dai Nippon Cotton Spinning The outstanding pooled commodities are the petroleum products, in- Suet cluding: petrol, distributed by the Petroleum Board under an arrangement with the Government: aviation Saddie spirit, motor spirit, benzol, kerosine, white spirit, gas oil, diesel oil, fuel Puer oil, and asphalt. One standardized brand of petrol, at a fixed price, has taken the place of all the brands of motor fuel hitherto on sale.
Petro. at BextHüB seseg dudkkR lenin products are used in large quantities by all the Service Departments, and in view of their obvious importance in time of war the petro-lenin: pool has been accepted by the country generally without protest Pooling of stocks and of storage facilities, with the elimination of brands, has made it possible to increase our effective storage capacity. Unified control of the means of transport enables sudden demands in abnormal circumstances to be met with a minimum of delay and dislocation. There is also a lubricating oil pool, ut. that is an importers' pool only, and the regular brands of motor oils are still on the market.
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