AT A DISADVANTAGE
POWER FOR SHIP REPAIRS "Declaring that Auckland firms were competing at a disadvantage with Wellington and Port Chalmers companies for ship repair work, Mason Rros. applied to the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday to reduce the charges for power for the electric welding plant. The firm impressed on the hoard that ship repairs had been increasing in the past four years and Auckland companies were competing with Sydney. Reporting on the matter, the engineer claimed that the present charges were reasonable, but he advised that the 5s connection fee daily should be remitted where power was in use for over one day without disconnection being required. The board decided to discuss the matter in committee.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 6
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117AT A DISADVANTAGE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 6
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