LOWER RATES
LEVY IN RICCARTON } BOROUGH -l The Riccarton Borough Council' agreed at its meeting last evening to strike a rate of 2£d in the £ on '. the unimproved value. This rate was ' l-8d lower than the rate last year and a penny lower than the rate in 1929-30.
A report submitted by the financed and by-laws committee showed that |; the rates had been reduced since "i 1929-30 as follows: . i Ami Year. Rate in £. Levied, d. £ .'■; 1929-30 .. 34 5791 1930-31 .. 3 J 5790 ; 1931-32 .. 3J 5173 ' 1932-33 .. 21- 4761 1933-34 .. 2-J 4548 1934-35 .. 2| 4270 (estimated.) 1935-36 , .. 2J 4068 Commenting on the rate, the Mayor, Mr H. S. S. Kyle, M.P., said it was very satisfactory to know that the council had been able to make a reduction. It had had to spend £250 on a road roller and £750 on Riccar- . ton avenue last year, and although . it had not these expenses this year, it had set aside £SOO for metalling and tar-segling. There was also a suggestion for widening Mandeville street". He mentioned that some local ' bodies such as the Drainage Board had increased their rates this year.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21484, 28 May 1935, Page 10
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