POWER BOARDS

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19164, 22 November 1927, Page 9

POWER BOARDS

—• — NBW LEGISLATION. i*OMiST RATING PROYfSie«S [tBB PUSS Special Service.] . WELLINGTON. November 21. W«r»l alterations in the law, de- *&& to facilitate the operations of «*t«ic Power Boards and to meet ***• of hardship on ratepayers and "fy ' , ? ers °f power, are proposed in Power Boards Amendment W, read a first time in the House tottjht. He Minister lor Public Works, the *»• Mr Williams, said all the clauses * ae !*. three had been approved by the •ttcutureof the Power Boards Associa- •!•>, and the others had been proposed •*» the executive last met. •It? are to be givon power to ■[** oradd'to their outer areas in tho zJf.pMncr as thev may alter their 2«*Ne districts. "The existing law iZiI!? rd to the disqualification of "™»en of Boards is to be eased, so «» bring the Boards on to practisame footing as County An important clause so far as the ™*2 of the Boards are con- **"£ tt designed to enable the «£;„ jTJ" rat « upon a graduated «TuW}. n E the degree of beneUrbrf *v • y . consider *e various »i i Jlir e i r .districts have received jfJ*Wt Of their operations. is made in the Bill to give W^ a * mpl V v^in e of the pro*«!!.w 1 . the now enjoy what is known as the avail«*»&rf+v, 0 L P r °P er ties within ten fctffe S? boundaries of the mains «Wtti W n W in cases where *»3»rf!i , T lded themselves with WwJwe e w*nc power from a pri•"feitth k.'m ft'tberto such persons, '*mKi or iU rat <?- «ave been '•Power. ont tlle ™<»noy P a > d Hto wiS* aI Bodi es Loans ,i *loatt, P -f Tlde . s,nkin g fnuds for Ndej tL n ' efc V a clause whicli * U "PProvM ff Certain conditions tho establishment of £ Ba H*nde«3l £ 0M s P ecial loa »s may *?*» Year *^ riod uot exceed - Z$ &3i' fc a consen t of the ft** rfSh. . ?l i S - Board to the sua *°> obtained it nk , , , ng fund will have 2* Md *P£lJ ] T Properties are h ? es are considered S* may k? T hlch P rovid es that fcS* dt ma t C i a,med against the *&> and nof m don l toai * °* their JiL pror w on ic *" i" the BdJ Passes <g* Ist last ** retr °spect!vc to BUI WHMt th* SS«" ay fire %«*,**> akf funds - The f b ? ? om Pe"ed to fw.°>WTen g, + Bnd a «thority is tbT *° estab|is h reserve *JP***WiJ W BUch extensions .think fiJ prorem ent s as the