CROWN-OWNED HOMES
GOVERNMENT TO PAY RATES
AMOUNT LIKELY TO BE £40,000 A YEAR
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 8. The Cabinet has decided that the Government will pay rates on all ~£o wr ?-°wned residential accommodaV on ’ occupied, oh dedicated roads from April 1, 1955. The Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr S. W. Smith) IP® V * s annou ncement in opening rz e f or ty-second conferffiice of the New "aTlvi .a Municipal Association at Auckland tonight. According to municipal sources, the Government s decision means that Possibly another £40.000 a year will be paid to municipalities throughout On the association’s SSI da > ,s ® remit seeking the payment of rates on all Government buildsaid he had received the + K tele j? honc that afternoon. Government decided to 27 all trading department Smith’s announcement delegates** 64 * applause b r 016
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27603, 9 March 1955, Page 12
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