RATE REDUCTION FAVOURED
• '■• : Speaking kt^VMestbiyn, Mr. W, .Aj>pletony a Civic League and. Ratepayers: Association /council- candidate,.;said.tfje. %'as: ■satisfied .that" 'the general • rate;' in any, 'cage could 'W'reduced by. 10 pcr1 !.He;?*as awarff that; extra interest payments' would, accrue. this coming year, but against this there.would ),c% saying of at least; £.5000; in the Hospital Board levy, and'sayings could Toe ..effected' in other" directions "which ■\ypuia; more than offset flic increase ia interest' charges. r'"lt ia not" a question", of <:anythe.-. rates ."be reduced, but thkt.'they, must,!,' said the speaker..'.'ln business circles'the flat has ,gone _oiit that all expenses have to be' curtailed iti-lin© with the drop in turnover, -and identically' the same principles' should apply in- th<s city- administration." Mr. Appleton said: he felt that if the council's officers were told that there was ■i£20,000/or, £30,000.1e5s to.spend this coming-yCnr; they, would soon findways .and means of -effecting, the necessary economies; - . . ■ ;■ ';:■■■,
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 98, 28 April 1931, Page 11
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150RATE REDUCTION FAVOURED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 98, 28 April 1931, Page 11
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