NO REDUCTION.
ELECTRICITY FOR SCHOOLS. "NOT GETTING A FAIR DEAL." (By Telegrapli.—Press Association.) j WELLINGTON, this day. Dissatisfaction at the City Council's refusal to allow a reduction in electricity charges to schools was expressed by the Wellington School Committees and Educational Federation. The chairman, in reporting on the failure of a deputation to the council, advocated using gas until the council made a reduction. Schools were Government buildings, he said, and the charges should correspond to the rate charged to public bodies, and should not be <he commercial rates as at present. | Another speaker said schools were not getting a fair deal, as many had , installed electric urns to provide hot , drinks for children. Members said y was ridiculous for ■ the town clerk to suggest that the ■ of many lighting accounts was larfffv' due to gatherings being held in schools at night. Schools even had to hire halls I or theatres for such entertainments as 1 the annual break-up ceremony. It
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 243, 13 October 1936, Page 5
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