NO DODGING RATES
CARAVANS LIKE HOUSES. What is a. caravan —howo or chattel? Tho question was propounded, at tbo Beaconsfield Petty Sessions, England, and was important, inasmuch on it involved a question of rating. Two laborere who lived) "on wheels” and owned the land’ on which tho caravan stood were summoned in rcapeot of non-payment of rates. It was urged on their behalf that earn vans worry not liable to be rated. Legally a caravan was a. chattel, removable a,;, any timo. Chairmans Tour argument ia that if T build a house on. wheels midi live in it all the year round' 1 am not liable to pay rates? Mr Wood's Yes. Mr Eyre (a magistrate); Then you might have whole streets of caravans and get nratos. Mr Wood mentioned that a. similar point had been raised ul Birmingham recently, and tho judge said it was so important that ho world take timo to consider his decision. The Bench was of opinion that caravans were liable for rates.
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Evening Star, Issue 18175, 16 January 1923, Page 7
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168NO DODGING RATES Evening Star, Issue 18175, 16 January 1923, Page 7
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