'Keep pushing power issue’
Moves to get cheaper power for the South Island should not he allowed to slide, the president of the Canterbury Progress League (Mr D. S. McKenzie) said. He was referring to a recent deputation from the [South Island to the Ministet' for Energy Resources (Mr Holland) proposing that electricity in the South Island be 25 per cent cheaper than in the North Island. “I am concerned that some impetus is maintained on this," he said. 'I know it sounds cynical but it is election year for local bodies. This issue is much too important to forget." Mr McKenzie said that there was little effort by the Government to supply rhe South Island with Maui natural gas. Coal gas would be unavailable in the 1980 s. The south was already at a disadvantage in transport, particularly with the Government’s disregard for interisland communications. The league decided to tell ] the Government that the
South Island was «twi.>!'. disadvantaged over pow : and to ask'what policies :! ■ Government had on the mat ter.
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