Wairoa Power Case
QUESTIONS FOR ARBITRATION j From Our Own Correspondent. WAIROA, March IT. j The Wairoa Borough Council has won the first round of an action brought by by the Wairoa Power Board to recover the sum of £SOO-odd alleged to be duo for the supply of power in bulk. Judgement was delivered by Mr Justice J Ostler in Wellington yesterday, when I lie made an order under section 15 of j the Arbitration Act, 1908, that there i be submitted to an arbitrator agreed I on by the parties the following quesJ tions: — j J i (1) Are the charges made by the j board for the supply of electric energy - jto the corporation during the first j quarter of 1936 fair and reasonable. I (2) If not, what is a fair and reason- i able charge for the electric energy so supplied. The action is adjourned sine die and , the right is reserved to either party , to bring action on for further consider- ( ation at any time upon seven days’ notice to the other side.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 65, 18 March 1937, Page 2
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178Wairoa Power Case Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 65, 18 March 1937, Page 2
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