STATE CONTROL OF ELECTRICITY
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Conference Expresses Its Opposition
PRESENT SYSTEM BETTER
(By Telegr»ph-
j WELLINGTON, Last Night. Opposition to tho nationalisation. of the electrical industry in New Zealand was expressed by a special committee in a report adopted by the New Zealand Power Boards and Supply Authorities' Association at the annual conference today. Having given careful consideration to the xesults already attained by the method of control of electrical supply adopted in New Zealand and to information available about some of the alternative methods of administration of electrical supply elsewhere, the com-' mittee unanimously found thdt: — ■ "(a) There is no evidence that the electrical supply in New Zealand would give better results .if distribution were administered under Government control in the same way that generation and transmission are now administered. 1 1 (b) That the available evidence of results attained under the methods of electrical supply control elsewhere does not jnake a sufficiently strong case to conclude that any bette'r results would necessarily be secured ((mder New Zealand conditions) by the adoption of any one" of these alternatives to New Zealand 's present method. "(c) That there is definite and encouraging evidence that the remarkable results achieved in the development of tho retail electrical supply in New Zealand during the past 12 years are attributable to the successful administration of electrical distribution under the stimulus of local control by power • boards and supply authorities. "(d) That, in conformity with thc statement of the Minister that power boards and supply authorities are partners with the Government in this great national undertaking, the cOmmittee submits that, before any drastic change is decided upon, consideration be given to the views of the electrical supply industry expressed through the representations of the association." • (
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 20, 16 October 1937, Page 11
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