Comments cause surprise
The chairman of the Heathcote County Council, Mr Oscar Alpers, said he was astounded at the comments made by the Mayor of Christchurch, Sir Hamish Hay, at the boundary change hearing. “We tried to avoid political statements,” he told a meeting of the Heathcote County Council last evening. Tlie hearing by the
Local Government Commission considered a petition by 595 Christchurch City electors who want to switch from the city to Heathcote County. Mr Alpers said Sir Hamish’s assertion that the . Heathcote County Council had encouraged the petitioners was nonsense. "We have certainly not dissuaded the city residents and when requested
we have given details of likely rates if their properties were within the county,” he said. - Mr Alpers also denied Sir Hamish’s claim that the lower average rates paid by those in the City was a true comparison. "The average in the City js lower because of the large number of lowvalued properties, particularly ownership flats,” he said.
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