WHEN TEN PER CENT. IS TWO PER CENT.
In- an interview with. Mr. Luckie today, tie pointed out that evidently the, sub-leader in this morning's "Dominion" was. written and set up. before receiving the report of Mr. Hislop's. meeting at St. Thomas' Hall last evening. The discrepancy between the two was remarkable. The sub-leader stated that Mr. Ilislop supported a 5 per cent, reduction, rising to a 10 per cent, reduttion "in the.rates," while Mr. Hislop himself, possibly after reading Mr. Luckie's statement in "The Post" yesterday, admitted that all ho had promised* was a 5 per cent, reduction in the "general rate.') This would realise about £11,000, and would represent about 2 per cent, on the total rates paid by the ratepayers, to which everyone can and would most readily subscribe. Mr. Luckie was personally satisfied that money could be saved to the ratepayers by the exorcise of economy in all branches of the council service without decrease in tho efficiency or materially reducing necessary works, but declined to be a party to deceiving the electors by making a number of extravagant promises, such as the £60,000 involved1 in the 10 per cent, reduction on' the whole rates which both Mr. Hislop and himself knew could not be realised. "I would only say," concluded Mr. Luckio, "that this morning's is, so far as I know, tho only specific reference made by Mr. Hislop to the 'general' rate, which last year amounted to £208.000, 5 per cent, on which is £10,----400 It is also to be remembered that this will be nearly all absorbed in the increase ia this year's special rates, even taking into account the reduction of £5500 in tho councils contribution to tho Charitable Aid rate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 12
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