CHEAP POWER FOR BRITAIN.
Big - Electricity Scheme.
STRONG OPPOSITION APPEARS,
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received March 30, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 30. In the House of Commons Mr Ashley moving the .second reading of the Electricity Bill, elaborated the scheme as outlined by Mr Baldwin at Birmingham on January 15. lie added that part of the scheme provided for the standardisation of frequency. He pointed* out that only one-third of Britain was reasonably supplied with electricity. Appealing to tho Conservative,s he said tiie Government had endeavoured to carry out tho principle that it was not the Government's business to manage and operate, but only to co-ordinate control. Mr William Graham moved a Labour amendment for the rejection of the Bill, urging that a cheap .supply was best secured by State systems. Mr Dennis Herbert (leader of the Conservatives group opposed to the measure) said they held the belief that tho credits requiring the Government guarantee would far exceed the estimate of £'-'33,500,000. The allegation was made that a monopoly, worse than nationalisation, would he created.
There is no danger of the. Government’s defeat.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 31 March 1926, Page 9
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184CHEAP POWER FOR BRITAIN. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 31 March 1926, Page 9
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