Gas request declined
(N.Z. Press Association) NELSON, March 8.
The Gas Council yesterday declined a Nelson request for an annual grant to cover a deficit in the running of a new municipal gas plant.
A deputation from the Nelson City Council will meet the Minister of Fuel and Power (Mr Gandar) tomorrow.
A Nelson City Council spokesman said the council was prepared to install a $60,000 naptha reforming plant, but it was not prepared to stand an annual running loss, expected to exceed $20,000. The council wanted the Gas Council to make up the expected loss.
Radio application. — The Bay of Plenty Times, Ltd, the publisher of Tauranga’s daily newspaper, and a group of American businessmen yesterday announced they would make a joint application for a private radio-sta-tion licence for Tauranga. — (P.A.).
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32861, 9 March 1972, Page 3
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132Gas request declined Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32861, 9 March 1972, Page 3
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