HOSPITAL RATE RAISED
CHAIRMAN EXPECTS "A HOWL” [Pan Umted Press Association ] AUCKLAND, May 1. In order to cope with the increased maintenance costs, the Auckland Hospital Board to-day decided to increase tho levy on local authorities for the coming year to 30d in the £ as against 25d for" the. past year. This means that the authorities will pay £114,530 this year, compared with £91,647 last year, an increase of £22,883. “Jf wc keep to the old levy, wo will end np tho year with an overdraft of £40.000,” said tho Chairman (Mr W. Wallace). “I. realise there will bo a great howl From the local bodies, but 1 am prepared for that. We have to make ends meet.” Apart from maintenance costs, the principle item of expenditure for the coming year is £40,000 for the infectious diseases block.
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Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 15
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138HOSPITAL RATE RAISED Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 15
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