A DISMAL STORY
' "All-Electric" writes:—What a dismal story the board's new schedule spells. Consumers who have been looking forward to a reduction will be shocked to find that the new charges are, in fact, to the majority of the consumers, actually an increase. The writer has just prepared a comparative table on this basis covering the last twelve months, and finds that the average monthly increase is approximately two shillings. One has only to pick up the paper to read the board's advertisements wooing the consumers and urging them to f'cook by electricity." With the feeling of uncertainty which the board's juggling with the power rates is creating in the minds of consumers, the board will find that it will need more than an advertisement to persuade readers of the advantage of cooking by electricity. The board has stated that the. concessions granted will cost some thousands of pounds. Will the board supply particulars showing: (a) The number and class of consumers who will benefit by the new charges and the average reduc-
tion received? (b) The number and class of consumers who will have their net accounts increased by the new scale?
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 12
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193A DISMAL STORY Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 12
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