UPPER HUTT BOROUGH
A CREDIT BALANCE
The bank balance at last had shown a credit, the amount being £205, reported the Town Clerk (Mr. R. C. Major) to the meeting of the Upper HUH Borough Council last evening, that.a credit had been shown, he said. This was the first occasion since 1925 It was very gratifying indeed to see the improvement in the borough finances. The 5 per cent, discount day for rates endedon July 30. The amount of current rates collected to date equalled 54.12 per cent, of the total struck. Councillor J. Purvis said that it must be gratifying to the Town Clerk to see a . credit balance, as he had had to fight to get in the money. The Mayor (Mr. A. J. McCurdy) said
it was also satisfactory to know that Upper Hutt was now in a better position than 'the boroughs down the valley. The people were paying the rates owing to conditions being slightly improved. ■■"■' ; I , ..:
Councillor F. P. Keys expressed the hope that the council would now pursue a more, progressive policy.. ..,-..
. "We are not out of the wood yet,' commented the Mayor:
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 42, 17 August 1935, Page 27
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