ELECTRICITY BILL.
BIG SCHEME IN BRITAIN. OPPOSITION TO MEASURE. LONDON. March 30. In tho House of Commons, Colonel W. Ashley (Minister of Transport) moved tho second reading of the Electricity Bill, and elaborated the scheme as outlined by Mr Baldwin at Birmingham in January. Hq added that part of the scheme provided for the standardisation of frequency. He pointed out that only one-third of Britain was reasonably well supplied with electricity. Appealing to the Conservatives, he said that the Government ■endeavoured to carry out the principle that it was not the Government’s business to manage and operate, blit only to co-ordinate and control. Mr William Graham moved a Labour amendment for rejection of the bill, urging that a cheap supply would best be secured by a State system. Mr Dennis Herbert (leader of a Conservative group) opposed the measure.
A volume of Conservative criticism was poured out, including a belief that the credits requiring Government guarantee would far exceed the estimated £32,500,000. Allegations were made that a monopoly worse than nationalisation would bo created. There is no danger of a Government defeat.-—Reuter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 104, 1 April 1926, Page 4
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182ELECTRICITY BILL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 104, 1 April 1926, Page 4
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