THE WAITAKI ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22258, 10 May 1934, Page 15

THE WAITAKI ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

TO rut Cl)l;OB Sir, —Another debt of gratitude is owed to Mr Forrester for his successful efforts to obtain the benefit of reductions in electricity charges for domestic and lighting users, who make the profits, rathei than - for other users who already have such low charges as to show no profit or even a loss. As to the storeman’s work, what a right-about face bag occurred! Mr Milligan’s party discharged a valuable officer who did all the storekeeping work, including clerical work, in part time, and gave it to the power house man. Now this

man has had to be relieved of all the booking work, which seems the main part. The secretary says his office can do this work with a junior added, but Mr Milligan insists on a job for a relative, and so we have the secretary flouted in the same way us the former manager was. As to the wonderful store arrangement eulogised by Mr Crombie, of course, anything can be done if enough time, is wasted. The storeman has had assistance for two or three months, it is stated, and it is understood that some £7OO or £BOO has been spent on a wonderful twostorey building to store the remainder of the materials, after all the big work of the past eight or ten years has been done. The indictment of Mr Milligan by Mr Forrester, as being in fact manager, engineer, secretary, and everything else, is perfectly true. Not another member or an officer has a single say unless he is in agreement with Mr Milligan’s views, if we may judge by, all recent happenings. His party may be depepcled upon t« suig the “Amen Chorus.” —I am, etc.. Searchlight.