COUNCIL LOSES CLAIM FOR REBATE IN-POWER BILL
(P.A.) DUNEDIN, Sept. 3. A claim by the Clutha County Council against the Otago Electric Power Board for a rebate on the cost of electricity during a period of restriction was rejected by Mr. A. E. Bobbie, S.M., in a reserved judgment.
Mr. Dobbie, in finding for the board with costs, said he was unable to find anything in the evidence which entitled the council to claim a rebate on the annual charge if for any reason energy was not supplied to light certain lamps during a period of electricity restrictions. The council had cut off certain street lights and when the board made the full charge the council claimed a rebate, which was refused. Under a threat of cutting off the total supply the board forced the council to pay, under protest, the full account. Mr. Dobbie found that there was a contract to supply the electricity for street lighting at an annual charge for each street lamp. The charge was inclusive, covering installation, maintenance and supply and there was no evidence showing how such a charge was made up. Consequently, the proportion of the charge covering the supply could not be decided.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23041, 3 September 1949, Page 4
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