BULK POWER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 219, 16 September 1938, Page 3

BULK POWER.

CHARGE TO BOARDS. REQUEST FOR REDUCTION. i EARLY DECISION PROMISED (By Telejrraph.—l-ress Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Intimating that at the moment he μ-nuld not *ay anything „„ the question whether the Government would reduce its charge* fur the supply of bulk electric power, the- Minister of Public Works, the Hon. K. Seniple, when I opening the annual conference of the I Hlectric Power Boards and Supply I Authorities' Association of New Zealand I in Wellington to-day, said he had conthe Minister of Finince, the Hon. W. Xa«h, and would announce the Cmeninient's intention to-niorrow. 'I arrived back from tin- South Ma n<l this morniiijf uml had half an hour with the Minister of Finance." said Mr Sample. "We are still discussin- the ijueetion, and before thin i-inference concludes 1 shall !„■ a!)le to tell you whether we can reduce the charges or not." The president. Mr. A.' A. x,,sh (Mana-uatu-Oroua). welcomed the Minister to the conference and said the association appreciated the consideration shown to i|iitfxtio!iK raised by <lep,nations. The question of bulk supply Ik>\v-t'li-r, had c.nceine.l the association since its in.eption I.", years a-o. The power boards were playing their part in the •levelopniiMit of electricity and were the ■ '•overnnieiiL's lai-ot emisiiiiiiM-rt. It was elt that a reduction should bf made in the char»e« for b,,lk power. "We are out to j-ive the maximum supply „, electricity to the people of -New Zealand at the minimum cost, and J l, " I ' , I ;'■" '■' HiMijje of the department I do my best-to nu-ei the requests ot th.> boards. , said the Minister. ■■] am "»t the only pebbk on the beach. IT ever, and there are other men in hi»h j'ositions in the Cabinet. 1 must -M>t their confidence before I can make" a pronouncement on a matter affect in- the finances of the country."' ° i