METER "DEPOSITS"
(To the Editor.) Sir, —In regard to electric power charges, and the charge made for installation of meters, why is this charge referred to as a deposit when it is practically a direct charge, and in most cases irrecoverable? A person has to die to get it refunded, and being dead it is no use to him. If he vacates one house, and obtains a refund, he has to pay it back at the next house occupied. A purchaser is paying a fee for the privilege of purchasing his light. Here, in Taumarunui, this fee is £1, and the same conditions apply here as in the Hutt Valley.
To my mind this is a service that could well be nationalised in the interests of the people. It seems manifestly unfair that people living in country districts should have to pay more for what is after all a natural heritage.
What would be the reaction if one's grocer, butcher, or baker charged one a "deposit" for the privilege of selling us goods?—l am, etc., , ' C.W.C. Taumarunui, July 6.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1935, Page 10
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179METER "DEPOSITS" Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1935, Page 10
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