POWER CHARGES IN THE COUNTRY
To The Editor Sir,—l wish to ask in these few lines why country citizens have to pay so much more than the town people for their lights. The country can be self-supporting but the town cannot. In older times when there were no motors, people did their own cobbling and weaving; and if it was necessary the same could be done now. The town cannot feed its citizens as there is no room to grow their food. Why, then, is the country man so taxed? He should be treated as respectfully as the town man, since all our lives depend upon him. I would be much obliged if anyone would answer my question, why is the country man charged over twice as much as the town, man for his electricity supply a unit?—Yours, etc., COUNTRY SUFFERER. July 1, 1938.
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Southland Times, Issue 23552, 5 July 1938, Page 4
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