ABOLITION OF METER RENTS.
AGREED UPON BY POWER BOARD.
The action of the Horowhenua Power Board, acting on the advice of the finance committee, to abolish the meter rent, after the first three-bi-monthly payments (that is with the September-October accounts) will be read with interest by consumers. Certain members of the Board have urged a reduction in charges for power to dairy farmers, but the chairman urged that the first reduction in fairness to all, should be the abolition of the meter rent. The Board also decided that the K.V.A. charge to dairy factories is to be reduced from £5 10s to £4 per annum per K.V.A. and the Engineer is to enquire as to the possibility of further relief. ■ • The Board decikHecC to borrow additional capital of £IO,OOO for extensions of reticulation. The a- . mount already spent is £IB,OOO, but the Board lias authority from the ratepayers to raise up to £260,000. The opinion was expressed by the Chairman that the whole construction worlc would be carried out for £200,000.
[The local Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution at its last meeting, urging the abolition of the meter rent.]
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3640, 19 May 1927, Page 2
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190ABOLITION OF METER RENTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3640, 19 May 1927, Page 2
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