ELECTRICITY TAX?
Board member critical It was another example of the Government's trying to penalise the electricity industry, said Mr L. T. Griffith, when he asserted at a meeting of the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board yesterday, that the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Highet), had said that the Government was considering a tax on electricity to help to provide more money for territorial local bodies.
“If he had said power or fuel, I might have gone along with it," said Mr Griffith. The Minister, he added, had made his statement at last week's Municipal Association conference at Dunedin. “The Government has several times tried to wean people away from confidence in the electrical industry," Mr Griffith continued. “We should not stand by and ignore this attempt.” The chairman (Mr L. F. Chamberlain) said that the industry had Government assurances that power charges would not be raised for 12 months, so there was no urgency. Mr Griffith: It would be a tax on electricity. "Like the petroleum tax," said Mr W. A. Newton. Mr Griffith: Indirect taxation is a wonderful thing. On his motion, the board decided to take up the question with the Electrical Supply Authorities’ Association.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32895, 19 April 1972, Page 18
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