STILL UNPAID.
MT. ALBERT'S WATER BILL. CITY DECLINES OFFER. The offer of the Mount Albert Borough Council to pay the City Council for ■water at the rate of i/ per thousand gallons (instead of at the amended rate of 1/3) has been declined. In a letter received at last night's meeting of the Mount Albert Council, the City Council acknowledged the receipt of a cheque for £1234, in payment for water, accompanied by an intimation that Mount Albert was willing to pay at the rate of 1/ per thousand gallons. This proposal, the letter stated, had been discussed by the Waterworks Committee of the City Council. The total amount of Mount Albert's water account was £1455, and the committee had decided not tc accept, in payment for -water supplied subsequent to July 19, any sum based on a rate of less than 1/3 per thousand gallons, as fixed by the amended by-law. The City Council offered either-to return the cheque or to accept it as a part payment on account of the full amount owing.' .> "> >■ x - : The Mount Albert Council decided to defer the question for discussion iaVcoinjnittee. V„
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 245, 16 October 1929, Page 10
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189STILL UNPAID. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 245, 16 October 1929, Page 10
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