PAPANUI PROGRESS LEAGUE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 10

PAPANUI PROGRESS LEAGUE

♦ Mr U" .1. i'o.vce ).i ended t'o monthly meeti:;'.: of the Papainn ■lass bea'Uic held last eve-nil".;. Answerim; a request tor a:i «•;;!ra S::)11 in I.amnion's road, the Chrl-t----church City Council wrote statin': lhai it was will ins; to bear its share, and sa-d that an ellort should in made to indu: e the Waimairi Council ;o do likewise. A resolution conuratulal in:; ;h" Municipal Klcetricity IX-part meill on its experimental li'ihlinij oi' the J'apamii road, and hnpinn that, having duo ro'-'arrl to financial economy, it miehf In- possible to extend this system to the main hitfsnva.vs of the city, was ea rr iei i. ,\ Per a !o: i ; diseu-■ ion 11 \vn- la .inv.a-. 1'.,.a-.1. m \ icv. ol (he uneno..- lin.n aad 'he !:!a hhood oi a rate I'l'iin :tiiiei; to meet it. An address va ",i\en iiy M; 1". u. S. Hannltor.. lvenihcr i'or tho liiccai--ti.ii di.-'ne* 0 j ;i K . fiinstchureh Urtnna :e UiMrd. Mr I lam 11 'i.; i .-...5 d that lLMti;; buiid- ;:, -s hail been added to the drainage >y t u.m Since 1:12'. Ahno.a every house was eonnecird in the area. To assist the property owners in having their properties connected, the board had raised loans amounting to £99,500, and of this more than £45,000 had been redeemed. In all £157,000 had been advanced, and of this £ 1 lli.ooo had been repaid. A matter that \va-~ eausinu the board anxiety was unpaid rates, which had been increasin'.; in recent years. The (evaluation of the W.:i:r.;<ir: comity lu:d also added to the burdens of the city ratepayers, but there would be an improvement soon. fCvcry house that was built and connected wilh the .-y.stom lowered the rate.