BIRKENHEAD LOAN POLL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 17 October 1922, Page 6

BIRKENHEAD LOAN POLL.

i ITo the Editor.) I Sir,-—lv your issue of the 13th inatj your correspondent "Rose-bery ,, complains of the stagnation of the' Borough of Birkenhead. which he attributes to excessive rates a« compared with other boroughs in the locality. That his statement is without foundation in fact the following figures will show. On properties valued at £iono. the charges: are- ' Rirkenhead £8 7/0. Xorthentc £8 13. i Takapuna £10 .5 «. Devonport fl.> ]j/| On a property. Roeebrry Avenue. Rirlcen-1 hrad. value £.m tlie rates, including' water and sanitation, amount t,i £4 14 per annum. These figures were obtained, from official sources and can eatih be! yerihed. I would Higeest thcrrfoi* to Rosehery" that if ]lP is reall ( , esiroM J of advancing the interest of t : ie boroush ' there are many other ways of doina more effective' than the 'publication of misleading statements.—! am, etc.. ! HUTA. J <To the. Editor.) j -> r - —Vour correspondent '-Rosebery" attempts to prove that while a properdin Remuera valued at £500 is rated it only fa per year, property of the samr value at Birkenhead is rjted at £14 2 T. Kindly allow n,e to frive tno amount" pa.d by myself at Mount Albert and Birkenhead, and by a friend at Remuera Tbe three houses are much alike and about the same value. All are within from 23 to 30 minutes of Q uee ,, Street. No. 1, Mount Albert, |, v the usual small , and the capital value is £800 ■ The total rate is £S 10 '. X o . 2 Rir'<en- i head, has a 3-a,re section and a capital i lo ,1 x.°- Th<l Present to,a ' «te : is £9 2/e. Xo. 3, Remuera> is thp uil|a) , T a i n T i]m ' and has a oa P ita l value i of £920. Thp total rate is flO 13 '2 i For a rate of £14 2/6 a man mar own over four acres and a dwelling at' Rose- < bery Avenue. Birkenhead. only two 1 minutei from a btu stop.—l am.' etc., 1 Cms. gLvwau' , i