ROLL OF HONOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25056, 21 November 1944, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR

Ixpeditionaey fokce -unEE DEATHS REPORTED i* l " WELLINGTON, Monday KL following Second Now Zealand giitionary Forces casualty list was . , I|PS today:—* killed ON active service r M (Temp.-Major) —Mrs L- L. Dargavillo (wife). active service e H (L.-Cpl ) —Tokoniaru. F'ff'h T.—Tcmuka. 1(1 PRISONER OF WAR !iEr "" TE " MISSINn H P (SRt.) —Dunedin. Piously -missing, believed pR BVIOUbiii pRIsOXER UeD ooald, J- L. Waimate. WOUNDED u .1 Mrs L. Davies, Saudringham »*!»■ '

STRONG PROTEST water heating order POWER BOARD'S POSITION Owinc to the shortage of labour and rta difficulty of obtaining sufficient Iter* the Waitemata Klectnc-Power Lrd will be unable to comply with a ntice published in the latest Gazette i-mcr it mandatory for every supply "Si i™ «>c Isln " d Set the metering of all water heaters tMarch 31- A report to tins effect 2„presented at a meeting of the board Sday by the manager. Mr A. Main The circumstances in which the board «as operating were such that conipli;nre with the order within the atipu?'„j was virtually an impossibility n« r would the results justify the Expenditure, said Mr Main. No other Lplv authority m the Dominion, in relation to its size, was called upon to yLi ...jfi, the volume of new connections Jd additional load handled by the Waitemata board. The available staff Vasmore than fully occupied with meetjjjU those demands and could not be Mirerted to work in connection with petering. Estimated Time For Job

During the last month the staff had forked overtime on Saturdays in an tndeavour to make some impression «n the job, with the result that 750 vater heaters in the board's area had ieen metered. As about 4500 remained to be attended to, Mr Main said he congidered the job would require a further g ix months to complete. In referring to the difficulty in obtaining meters ho pointed out that the board was forced toinstal second-hand instruments which had to be overhauled and tested before heing replaced in service. The overall cost of the work in the hoard's area, including the provision of meters and thermostats and overtime hbour, would be about £40,000, Mr Main continued, and it would have to he met equally by the consumer, the supply authority and the Government. To offset this expenditure the board could anticipate a saving of only 5 per cent in its annual consumption. Board Opposes Compulsion

"We can certainly anticipate a loss of goodwill from the large numbers of consumers who must contribute to this capital expenditure, and either pay juore for their service or be satisfied jrith one less efficient," concluded Mr Main. "Unless we get more men 1 fail to gee how we can get the work done bv Jhe_ end of March," commented the chairman, Mr W. A. Bishop. On his motion, it was decided t.o forward a (copy of Mr Main's report, to the Electricity Controller, Mr F. T M. Kissel, Itogetier w'th a strong protest against jfche compulsory metering of water Wafers.

MONEY IN WALLET | CHARGE OF THEFT USE FOR BENEFIT OF POOR" Charged with the theft of a wallet containing £lO3 in notes, the property of Anthony Nizich, John Stewart Patty, aged 46, appeared before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M,, yesterday. DetectiveSergeant Aplin prosecuted. Detective-Sergeant Baylis produced a itatement made by accused, in which he said that on the night of November 4 Mr Nizich and his wife called at the souse where lie was living with his weoe. After they left, he found a wallet oil the floor. He thought it belonged to another man who had called, and he opened it and saw that it contained ffioney in notes. Two or three days later newas told that the wallet belonged to Mr Nizich. "I decided to use the money for the osnefifc of the poor and sick in Auckland," the statement continued. "1 *ent to the Auckland Savings Bank •M opened an account in the name of er McMahon with a deposit of p5 from the money from the wallet. I later posted the bank book to Father McMahon in Gisborne and wrote on the envelope, 'Distributor of Charity.' The jemainder of the money I spent on wiping the poor. Ten pounds was from me. Knowing that the ®<xiey belonged to Mr Nizich, I desire ® pay it back." Father McMahon was interviewed by J"? .police, said Mr Bavlis, and he sanded them an Auckland Savings jfonk book in the name of John Mc•janon showing a deposit of £75. He 'iso handed them a letter in accused's S'fi&g, in which he asked Father "KUahon to send the bank book back to ,D Auckland address. Accused pleaded guilty and was comtence le a P reme Court for sen-

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