HOSPITAL LEVY
Council Still Refuses To Strike Rate
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WHANGAREI, September 21. The Mangonui County Council, which at a previous meeting decided to refuse to strike a hospital levy, received a letter from the Minister of Health at its meeting yesterday requesting the council to reconsider its decision. The Minister pointed out that, under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, provision was made whereby, should a local body fail to pay the required hos-’ nital contribution, the Minister of Finance on the application of the hospital hoard might deduct from any subsidies due to the council a sum equal to the contribution or as much as might be required, together with interest. Further, the Valuer-General could strike and collect the rate required and charge the council with the cost of doing so. The Minister appealed to the council to recognize that if it adhered to its recent decision it -would be acting against the interests of the general body of its ratepayers. The council decided not to alter its decision, which a member said was made to bring about a showdown regarding the payment of the hospital levy.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19440922.2.24
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 306, 22 September 1944, Page 4
Word Count
190HOSPITAL LEVY Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 306, 22 September 1944, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in