RATE SHORTAGE.
COLLECTOR'S MISTAKE. A CHRISTCHURCH DIFFICULTY. (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Surprise and concern were expressed at last evening's meeting of the Christchurch Drainage Board, when the finance committee stated that correspondence had been received from the town clerk enclosing a report from tho city rate collector that, owing to an error, the rate would provide only £310 instead of £3100. The rate collector also stated that it was too late to send out fresh demands. The only alternative was to collect the shortage on next year's demands.
After considering a report by the secretary to the effect that the failure of the City Council to collect the rate in full would probably cause the board serious embarrassment during the remainder of the financial year or the currency of tho succeeding year, the board decided to adopt the finance committee's recommendations that the City Council be requested to carry out the board's requirements and take steps to collect the amount requisitioned for.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 300, 19 December 1934, Page 8
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164RATE SHORTAGE. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 300, 19 December 1934, Page 8
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