POWER LINE BREAKS
INSURANCE PROVISION URGED
(Special to the "Evening Post.") MASTERTON, This Day.
Remits approved at the annual meeting of the Featherston branch of the Farmers' Union were:—
"That in view of the possibilities of loss of life through faults or breaks in electric power lines, power boards be asked to establish a suitable form of insurance to provide compensation for loss of life of human beings or livestock caused by these means."
"That owing to the prevalence of sheep, worrying a minimum registration fee of 10s be charged for all dogs in borough or city areas and that strict supervision of such registration be provided."
Another remit embodied a protest against the extension of Summer Time from March to the end of April.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 94, 22 April 1935, Page 8
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125POWER LINE BREAKS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 94, 22 April 1935, Page 8
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