LOCAL RATING PROBLEM
ROYAL COMMISSION SUGGESTED MINISTER ’S REPLY. Parliament Bldgs., August 9. The subject of rating was raised in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. W. H. Field (Otaki) asked the Minister of Internal Affairs whether in view of the acute and growing controversy throughout the Dominion on the subject of local rating in various districts and the undoubteded hardship and loss resulting to very many individuals, the Government will set up a Royal Commission composed of independent men versed and skilled in this vitally important subject to bring down a report, the legislative adoption of which may bring about a just system of rating for universal use throughout the Dominion. Sir Maui Pomare replied: The question of rating of farm lands in boroughs is at present being considered by a commission of inquiry. As that commission has not yet furnished its report it would not be proper for the Government to make any comment. At the present juncture it is not considered desirable to set up a commission to inquire into the general question of local rating.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 202, 9 August 1928, Page 8
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