ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 30, 8 October 1920, Page 8

ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.

ONE-MAN CONTROL,

(To the Editor). Sir, — When the electrification idea was in the embryo stage, a member of the Southland League lectured on the commissioner system. His arguments must have carried weight, for we find that the Southland Electrical Power Board has adopted the system without so much as by-your-leave. •Ihe Board have given Mr Rodger th* powers of a managing director. Two hundred a year is certainly a meagre payment for sueh an onerous position, so the Board with all secrecy and haste, get the Act amended to permit of a rise in salary or rather honorarium. Why all these back-stairs methods? Why not ask outright- for the power to elect a commissioner and pay him a r,ecent salary-. £3000 is not too much. The ratepayers however, should deeide who is to - be the man for the job and not the Board. I am thoroughlv in accord with one-man control, provided you get the right man for the purpose, and a sufficient salary must be offered to bring out the right man. — I am, etc.,

Invercargill, 7th October, 1920.