ONLY ONE PAYING?

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3848, 3 October 1932, Page 6

ONLY ONE PAYING?

HYDO-ELECTRIC WORKS SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED NEW PUjjJECT.Si CONWAIVED Tlie .Eioimlmiy Conunisc-ion found, that the capital liability in regard to electrical Supplies *>n Maroh 31, lt)3l, wa,s T 10,033,070. AN Wrens one scheme, Lake Cole--1 idge, bail digc-losed a profit on 'Working to March 31, 11)31, of ££>7.345, the other t)vo -.flowed accuiuii Imbed ■h’ssds totalling £305,602, and the 1 iii-tiaer co.jjt .of repairs to tlio Arnpuni station, would throw an additional burden on the accounts.

“These jehomes were for the'most part initiated during periods of comparative prosperity,” states the repart-, “but, ,evc;ii .so. we believe ttiimt many sections of the commit,nity b.ave fou.ud the ee-t of power and incidental capital outlay a severe financial burden.”

A passage in the reportreads: ‘AVe are definitely of opinion that the present 'utage of devclopmen.t in the matter of liydr<,-cl<etn c power i,. sufFicien for the needs of Cio Dominion, for many years to coma; and, moreover, in vkw of the uncertainty as to what will prove to be 1-1 i-e cheapest form of power development iuMfclje future any move for flic eo m.moneement of furh’icr works, vlic.tbey by the State or by local authorities,, should he strenu-OUj-ly opposed..