ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
HINT OF STATE MONOPOLY QUESTION TO BE CONSIDERED [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Although the Government has not jet considered any proposals to nationalise the electricity undertakings of the Dominion it appears likely that some such scheme will receive its serious attention when the time oilers. This was indicated by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, when discussing the Government's public works policy in an interview this evening. "The question of making electricity a State monopoly has to be thought about very seriously by this Government." Mr. Scmpie said. "At the moment we have not had time to go into any proposal of that sort, but certainly it has to be tackled. We must consider ways of bringing down the cost of power supplied to the people and of making it possible for every homo to have electric power, whether in the remote parts or in the centres."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22406, 30 April 1936, Page 12
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