NELSON NEWS
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Ti r~. r, NELSON, 13th May. wS y 9 om"1 heW a special meeting on Wednesday to consider the estimates and strike a rate for the forthcoming year, llie expenditure was estimated at £21 484 and a general rate of Is 7d in the £ and special rates amounting to Is 9%d were struck The total rates to be levied are one half-penny in the £ legs than last year. ±he electric light rate was reduced from 5%d to 4%d, but the hospital rate, owing to the increased levy, was raised ? f<di° t M- No Provision was tf i £ 7 h« Rocks road- The engineer stated that the cost to the city for this work would be approximately £5070, and tiie lahunanui portion about £2005. The Mayor said that the work would probably have to be done out of loan, and a conference was to be held with the Tahunam" Town Board on the matter. <5f L B-^ r n° rate wm be Btnlck in the Stoke Riding of the Waimea County owing to thes riding account being in strong l^it t h', B ]i exPlai"ed heavy rates being struck during the last year or two tor tar-seahng work, which work, owin" to unforeseen circumstances, has not been
TW% ecial, meetV>g of the Cawthron Tiust Board was held yesterday, when a wmT«f^i 0T^ mst tim °£ the research woik of the Cawthron Institute was submitted for consideration, and, after some amendments had been made, was adopted
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 7
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249NELSON NEWS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 7
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