The Putararu Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICE: OXFORD PLACE. Telephone 28. Post Office Box 44. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947. LIGHT STILL WANTED

Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1232, 29 May 1947, Page 4

The Putararu Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICE: OXFORD PLACE. Telephone 28. Post Office Box 44. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947. LIGHT STILL WANTED

RECENTLY, in this column, a request was made for more light on the matter of electric power cuts. Tn reply, the manager of the Thames Valley Power Board issued a lengthy statement which was free from that prejudice which unfortunately mars so many similar comments from other boards, and which was illuminating regarding the points touched upon. The board is to be complimented in so quickly responding to the request sought by hundreds of consumers. The statement, however, while answering many points, omits any reference to the point raised that the Thames Valley board is com pelled apparently to make more severe cuts than almost any other board in the Dominion. A contemporary attempts to supply the answer by stating that other power boards have banned waterheaters. This statement is not correct. In the first place, by inference, this apology would make it appear that there were no cuts upqn waterheaters in the Thames Valley area, in spite of the fact that waterheaters are cut off every time the power is stopped; that is, for a total of 54$ hours each week. Secondly, in an exactly similar district, that of Cambridge, there is no ban on waterheaters, and the only cut which really affects consumers is one of only two hours daily, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. It is this major point, one of unfair treatment, that requires explanation. As previously stated, in a national emergency the sacrifice should be made as nearly equal as is humanly possible. The sacrifice now being made is obviously not so. If it is because of something beyond the control of the board, then the public, which is suffering, should be told what the board is doing to rectify matters.