LIGHTING ACCOUNTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 13

LIGHTING ACCOUNTS

DECENTRALISATION

Representations have been made to

the- Electric Lighting Department, says the annual report of the Wellington Civic League, that it would be a great convenience to the residents of Ncw•fowai, Bcrhampor'o, Island Bay, Lyall Bay, and Kilbirnie if a receiving office for the payment of their electric lighting accounts was installed at some ■convenient point, thus precluding the existing necessity of journeying to iho head office, Harris Street, for this purpose. ."Vfhilst j sympathe'tie, the .departmental officers state that financial considerations are tho bar at the mo-

mdnt, and at the! same time point out "~ Ihat the receiving office at Boweu House -iar very sparsely used by ■' the

residents of the- western suburbs.

was suggested that; when times improve accommodation, may be provided at the Courtenay Place junction, but the league is of the opinion that it would

be preferable if this utility was. located

at, some central- point in; tho Newtown district, because after all the main feature is- the provision of facilities which.will serve the largest number of the community with the minimum of inconvenience. We suggest that it should be possible to arrange for tho

payment of rates, building licence and other fees at that office and thus

save the time of the citizens and divert a portion of the work which at present / can only be haniled in the Town 'Hall or its immediate vicinity.