Readers Write

Northern Advocate, 21 December 1945, Page 4

Readers Write

“Borough Consumer” No. 2 in your issue of December 10 submits what seems to me at any rate, a faked con-

POWER CHARGES

sumption to suit the letter. While it might be possible to consume 76 units of

lighting in October or November, it is not probable, and all I can say is that the consumer must be extravagant with lighting. The relation of the uses of lighting and power; as shown in this example, are out 'of all proportion. I do not think, therefore, that it is a genuine example.

For the information of “Borough Consumer” No. 2 and other consumers who might be interested I would state that had the Northern Publishing Company purchased their electrical energy over the last twelve months from the North Auckland Electric Power Board instead of from ,the municipality they would have paid 30.57 per cent more, for it. Six shillings in the pound more for it—and that’s an irrefutable fact, too. There has been no tie-up between the company and me in preparing these facts.—W. JONES, Chairman, Municipal Electricity Committee.

If Mr Hales would only try to confine himself to points at issue, though our correspondence might gain in coherence, it would cer-

ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW

tainly lose some of its entertainment value. However, I

feel that is a sacrifice Mr Hales should be prepared to make.

Newsprint, too, might be saved if I were not forced to defend myself against misquotation. I did not say that Mr Hales would be unheard of. That would be absurd. It is impossible to imagine an unheard Mr Hales. I did say that, until Mr Hales had studied the theory of debt-free money, he Would remain befogged and able tocontribute to public discussion nothing of value. In other words, he will remain, like Major Douglas, supported by many, but understood only by his opponents. There is little fear of my sinking, into oblivion even though—unlikely event— I lose Mr Hales. Monetary reformers, as a tribe, are irrepressible, and where one bobs down, another pops up. That is good, too; for many, Douglasism has proved a first step toward intelligent political thought, and often, they, after their first discouragement at discovering its fallacies, pass on to earnest study of a real world.—R. GILBERD.