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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 28 July 1933, Page 12

"There is going to be a revaluation of the city and a tremendous drop in values," declared Mr C. E. Jones at the annual meeting of the Citizens' Association last night when he discussed the City Council's financial policy. "That means that if the council is going to carry on the services of the city the rate will have to be increased and people will have to face it. I feel I should emphasise the part that this association plays in the city's affairs. We are the watch-dog of the city. Labour often criticises us because they know that we are closely watching their movements. Our councillors have to watch the ratepayers' interests not only this year but in the years ahead. Our essential services have to be maintained, and they have to see that our expenses are kept well down." "We cannot ask for positions on local bodies unless we have some knowledge of law and local government," said a speaker at the conference of the Dominion Federation of Women's Institutes yesterday. "Therefore each institute should have lectures on local government so that the members may fit themselves to take an active part in the government of their country." All members of Women's Institutes will be invited to contribute Id each to the Governor-General's Relief Fund as a result of a resolution carried on the motion of the Hawke's Bay delegate at the conference of the Federation of Women s Institutes yesterday. It was stated that if all members contributed their pennies there would be a sum of £l6O or £l7O for the fund. The deletion of six service car trips daily on the Auckland-Hamil-ton route will result from a reserved decision of the Transport Appeal Board. Some of the trips affect the through services from Auckland to New Plymouth. The appeal by the Railways for the restoration of the former scale of fares on the Auckland to Hamilton buses was