LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3353, 24 September 1931, Page 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

POWER BOARDS AND RADIO.

Sir, —It is inconceivable that anything could exceed the cool audacity of the statements made by representatives of power boards on the occasion of the recent deputation to the then Postmastei'-General. Hon. J. B. Donald. They claimed that the power boards received nothing out of broadcasting, and they implied that they should not be compelled to rectify line leakages, which thousands of New Zealand broadcast listeners can testify are seriously interfering with the rights for which they pay the Government a license fee. Let me first point out the incorrectness of the statement that power boards receive nothing out of broadcasting. In thousands of homes in this country broadcasting receiving sets are consuming extra electricity either by wet battery re-charging or by the direct consumption of electricity by the modern a.c. receiving sets. This alone means a substantial increment to power boards; but the fact that thousands of people now remain at home at night to listen to broadcasting causes a greater consumption of electricty for house lighting, and many now sit up much later than was their habit, thus consuming more electricty for home lighting. The impudenec of the statement made by members of the deputation is unrivalled when it is apparent that the power boards desire to avoid responsibility for correcting leakages in their reticulation circuits, which spell waste and inefficiency. In conclusion, permit me to say that the press has done an invaluable service by publishing the statements made by representatives of the power boards.—l am, etc., BROADCAST LISTENER.