Electricity Costs
At the instance of Northern Wairoa branch the executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union (Auckland Provoice) has decided to investigate through some independent technical authority the effect on cost to consumers of electricity by the reduced voltage supplied. A not to* the remit states that “it takes greater amperage to give the same results at a reduced yotage supplied. A note to the remit increasing electricity costs to farmers.” Soldiers and Liquor Several weeks ago the regulation prohibiting soldiers in uniform from taking liquor cut of hotels was revoked. Such led to the following incident occurring in a local district hotel. A Maori soldier in uniform said to the licensee: “Is it true that soldiers can now take beer out of hotels ?” Mine Hcst replied in the affirmative. “Then give me six bottles, please,” said the Maori. But he had to be told that the prohibition still applied to him as he was a Maori.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6142, 28 September 1945, Page 5
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158Electricity Costs Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6142, 28 September 1945, Page 5
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