PAPANUI HALL.
LIABILITY FOR RATES. Considering that the burden on all the ratepayers of the Papanui Memorial Hall rating area should be equal, the Waimairi County Council recently wrote requesting a new Commission to reapportion the liability. A letter received at last night's meeting of the Council stated that it was not possible for' an alteration in the award apportioning the liability of the Waimairi and City Councils to be made. Under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, it was laid down that every such award should be final and conclusive as between the parties. - ' Cr. Chapman said that the position was absurd. The county ratepayer was paying three times as much as the City ratepayer, and was entitled to some re- i lief. When the loan was raised it was on the capital value, but the City now rated on the unimproved value. Cr. Cross contended that the county was not losing anything. The City had to find three-fifths, and they were doing so. It was decided to apply to the local members of Parliament to bring the matter before the Minister for Internal Affairs.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20730, 15 December 1932, Page 5
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