CITY'S ASSETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 4, 6 January 1938, Page 6

CITY'S ASSETS.

COST OF TRADING VENTURES. e r " 11 (To the Editor.) f I' Mr. Woodruff is' quite right in condemning t ? the proposal of "Ratepayer" to spend money j in levelling another rough piece of land in the hope of catching a few shillings in parking fees. The cost of levelling the land at the "Id Stone -Tug ought to be a lesson, and the .j City Council's foolish move in making a charge j for parking at Mission Bay another lesson. r I used to take my wife and family for an - outing on Sundays to this area at Mission _ Bay. Irut I would not pay the 6d parking fee. Let us keep our beautiful beaches free from such unjust iin j »os ts at a]; costs. That municijkil undertakings in Auckland in the past have proved a costly failure is obvious to anyone. ? The Municipal Band and Zoo are heavy kisers, r and it will take more than the mu<ic of tha 5 band to soothe away ratepayers' feelings at i the heavy increase in city rates this y tar to ; pay for other such ventures as the city's 1 advent into fishing, which cost the ratepavera ? thousands of pounds as well as increasing the t cost of fish while the city trawlers were - operating. Xobody will ever know what the I loss has been on the houses the citv built I out by the Zoo. btrt it must be many thousands 1 of pounds. Auckland city rates are'the highest > of any city in Xew Zealand, and it is "high ; time the people demanded a halt in thi* - dabbling into private enterprise. ) E. STEVEXSOX.