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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 51, 2 March 1926, Page 6

i Several requests were received by the : ; Onehunga Borough Council last night! j from the local Ratepayers' Association. '■ ! which ■were considered seriatim and the '■ j following decisions arrived at: (1) That! j the council has no room available in! I the Borough Chambers for the free use j jof the association. (2) That the ques-; ; tion of gTantinz a rebate of nve per i t cent on all rates paid within one m»nth j I from the date of demand, as now obtains i Jat Devonport was referred to the; ' Finance Committee for consideration, j I (3) That the council does not issue a i j year book ajid therefore cannot give one j jto the association. A municipal year ! I book can. however, be obtained from the ; j Government. The officer in charge of the purehas- j ing and stores department of the Auck- | land Habrour Boaxd wTote to the Auck- j land Provincial Industrial Association. , . stating, in reply to a. letter from the • I association, that it had been decided by I I the Purchasing Committee of the board ' j that an opportunity should be given to ] New Zealand manufacturers to quote \ for future supplies of serge for uniforms. The committee was thoroughly in accord ■with the principle of supporting New Zealand industries wherever possible.