FREE POWER
ILLEGAL ACT BY BOARD
LIABILITY OF MEMBERS
(BY TELEGRAPH —PREPS ASSOCIATION) . ASHBURTON, Sept. 15. The decision of the Ashburton Electric Power Board to supply the chairman (Mr F. IV. Watt) with free power in addition to a remuneration of £2OO per year, may have serious consequences. The Electric Power Boards Act of 1918 seems clear on the point that members making the? decision and the chairman himself have rendered themselves liable to disqualification from hofding office, as well as to fines of £SO each. It is understood the matter has come under the notice of the Public Works Department, and that its Under-Secre-tarv has written to the board enquiring if the decision is as stated. If such is the case, he points out that the provisions made in the Act are applicable to such case. Moreover, he emphasises that it is the duty of the board to sell power, not to give it away, and that the chairman’s remuneration has been specifically limited to £2OO a year bv the Minister for Public Works. The portions of the Act cited are section 15, clause (1) and sub-clause (g).
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 9
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189FREE POWER Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 9
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