UNIMPROVED RATING.
Mr. J. Wright, in replying to one, says, , inter alia, that I am quite content to create wealth by improvements to my own land and • by that process enhance the value of my neighbours' idle holdings. Of course I «®»" • , because I should be sorry to entertain suca - a poor public spirit Eind because I should ha a feeling that my neighbour would • create , wealth" which would enhance the value of property. It is only a matter of a lit /.'• patience. In "creating wealth" I • endeavour not to shut out my neighbours , . / light, sun, air, view and peacefulness, nor increase 'by risk of fire his insurance premiums. j Mr. Wright thinks that I should have » . finer regard for the first law of Nature—se < , 4 preservation," but an observance « inexorable law may easily lead one to - habit of selfishness! SINE NOMINE. . / - , ■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 219, 16 September 1930, Page 6
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