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Evening Star, Issue 21820, 8 September 1934, Page 9

An Example An old house on a quarter-acre section in a residential part of the City is at present rated at £l2 10/-. This section is now valued at £800; so that, on the St. Kilda basis of 1/4 in the £, the rates on this property under the Unimproved Value System would be £53/6/8 GO TO THE POLL And Vote Against the Unimproved Value Issue IN OTHER WORDS, StrlkeOut the Top Line Another Example A working man owns a section which is now worth £4OO, and upon which he pays, under the Annua! Value System of Rating, £7 11/6. Under the system of Rating on Unimproved Value this would cost him annually £26/13/4 IT IS NECESSARY YOU SHOULD KNOW: What of the Farmers? No City in the Dominion has the same- proportion of farm lands within its boundaries as Dunedin has. The struggling dairy farmers who operate ' around the City would probably be forced out of business if Rating on Unimproved Value was adopted. THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT The arguments being used by advocates of the Rating on Unimproved Value system are based largely upon unsound grounds. Many of them are but pure speculation. Some at least of the exponents of this system are non-residents, or nonratepayers, or avowed class partisans. There is grave danger, if the proposed new system is adopted, of an Increase in unemployment. It is the considered opinion of experienced City Councillors, of leading Business Men, and of very many Suburban Residents of moderate means that the change would not be in the best interests of the City or of the Ratepayers. There are numbers of sections within the City area upon which old houses stand, the anything but well-to-do owners of which would, under the proposed new system, have to pay two or three times the amount of rates which they pay now. THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT All sporting bodies owning or renting playing areas, and all players of the games concerned, will be heavily penalised—some of them compelled to relinquish their activities —should the new rating system be adopted. Mosgiel, where there are countless sections vacant and hundreds of acres awaiting sub-division, has been rated on the Unimproved Value System for 20 years. The central portion of the City of Dunedin pays, at present, the rates collected annually. The central portion of the City receives this year less of the money allocated for maintenance that the outlying districts receive. i All persons whose names appear on the Municipal Electoral Roll (including rates payers and their wives), except those enrolled in respect of residential qualifications only, are entitled to vote on this issue. npiT V jk p-m There would, under the Rating on Unimproved Value System, be a strong I 11 1 A I tendency towards the building of flats, tenements, boarding houses, and to closer settlement generally. Do we want this in Dunedin? THAT Large numbers of ratepayers who, through apathy, neglect to vote on this question may find that the issue has been carried by a small majority on a small vote. Remember Christchurch. BETTER BE SURE THAN SORRY! Another Aspect Make a Point of Going to the Poll on Tuesday, and Striking out the Top Line on the Ballot Paper. Foundries, timber yards, engineering shops, and similar businesses would, if Rating under Unimproved Value were adopted, very likely be forced out of business or out of town. In the former case the unemployment problem would be accentuated; in the latter case the employees would be put to greater expense and inconvenience.

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Woods’ children’s Great Peppermint Cura hacking coughs.—[Adyfc.]