RATES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4805, 3 July 1939, Page 5

RATES

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In the Mangapu Drainage Board area 43 per cent, of the land was native owned and occupied, and because of this the Board had written off in native rates the sum of £1620 -for 1933-36, £612 in 1936-37, £609 in 1937-38, and £609 in 1938-39. The land was worth nothing before the drainage work started, and now it was amongst the best in the district.

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Busri. BaDtngr :2K Tvcsitaor bsxccs i: 583HE8K3SB8E tfBgaSS&ESL. lit... IList. :SEmiXEr of :zar Brart ! saS "that seS'Ensr ~£s£ vmm: vsss eoae- :' ':?er».ss£. Sr 3irEit iiax. .rrasi ' lac i23C TTEI2S 2S ■'■nait. "3z -~<: Saac wfc vest. s<c 'zlus. -ie isr™*srr*f ■v.'«:4i ; Jc nfstE! 'srrs tiesr. iiso Kz. li.oji lft"iSsor .oisaJ: zmmes-T»eri=-nrsr: asifi: tss£ lwo£3»£a! SEEies I außssri"T» 'he heic 3x he ex. nhsfIfits sr->ter: re Tirns= 'iyp. tk-ust. heic. Ji: "lie "Svaisaxt ilGarfs etsl jr. &m psasE J" ?oas tiets isaf hssr £ I 2~ "t?e~ rer<v ir awpcniaaaai. s *7*' -t»bt" .TSTit. ':irisrE2fS h'. "Ksrieins '«tL. s. © -ner esiC ianeasE ir BKagfeS hws? sue s. lt»' per csmt. ißrrrsE?£ nr .-j.,. jj- sersisss. :::i tii 'Onrmt' '*r.s rerj'*c the iarjt hac rr. nnrr 32 T»sr rrsul. 3wirnr "that the Sretal Se.?.urity Ar" "isac piataec "t» a: h'RspitJil semrsj or. e 'hroac rational basis it ri"aj time n rewh;*. the hospital rratjjjr Tir«si:io:„ a: the -tstx least ~t ct> sarse "that tie levy shohlc 3rc .he rmcTSBSHffIE as s result -or siiihr.. Hasmxai pnsas nac riser i»meafteMiniste: 'Sai£ t:na: •& a (fiEyasss ' Be naic i«r r-.atisnxs. airarnst t>ne awerass of S= tic seECTsea | rhron "patients SC ~he -prefer" timE. Mr. Wiisor TsrhHsßC that ir. the Jast j : nat i I'vreaS'Sit "iron SS&Wtt-t tr* SSM'Mi. i Tfhe 'im'j'ii'r p{*shrioi ir. the «isr-t3nx. ~- jjwihhert '" : Btsshxua rB carafe tt.e= i»enrioi«i nj I£r_ Wiuisor, 2i true ■janaC srsa? cais ratsuE : "'ers "apmc mffC :m»r ~isJtfi32i ©minnfcmerCs rpsrmttrsei -• witaE: ir the :-vrs there ■i-.-si- tcnr;iersE. rrarr-Sse.. , Hie rage for the C-tinrtjfSS ssdrrir:|. i i.-'eatec share tc rjetro" tjm--.*wr«g a&aansec Sbf Bt_ C S. Sliacie- j an waay -■finner-ter m-rrJx. s&zess&sxss ' I business- fensansss tfrrrs cffisraea I •rtr their trraae ir the c-rerrrry szpses—there 'were rnorae .sjeps eff hil Musis -—7 T. hrf cistrirt trhere mi.sh»£ bar! *s»r t.he stnetiS: «&f irisaihsjaJsei rxisn nt TKrhich he rh'ea- Sffißifes ft .rarryirx ""«;.- (''Trnrnx." r.ccs. mr?e rr?tc—r^iteTiajiiere -wht- m«re car <*ara3ers. £rr?a «5k ussii the far rr.tcre thar the rate: .ayers chdThe' i-.cijjectiur. <f f*etrc». taxatsc-r Tirae oetierDDer: xrz?tr. the cxsietTy rwafis. wiskii acted as feeoers for lb ssrsterr- The © cars or the irirh*rays travelled or some stret-rh of coqblit road en each trsi>_ The iwpmtxsA part played by rates ie the assessrrrg of farm costs was hwfflshl horre by Mr. Riddle in the folJcTrhrg e\"arrrp!er The rates on a carry of £st*t' unimproved valuxtiorj. proQscsjng 17.C«(*t»Ibs of butterfat- rose from €27 to £3&. and this rrjeart ar. irjcrease of .17 in the cost of producing each pound of butterfat. Farmers were being asked to agree to the stabilisation of the guaranteed price for this season, but costs over which the farmer had no control were rising, and rates constituted one of the most important items in those costs.

In his reply the Minister said that ii was unfortunate that he did not hold the portfolio of public works and finance. As it was, he would forward the representations to the proper quarters for consideration. Though when in the Farmers' Union he had made representations in regard to derating, on going to Parliament he had found that there were difficulties in the way of removing these burdens.

Speaking on the rating question, he said that last year there had been record collection of rates. In one County no less than 99 per cent, of the rates had been paid. Mr. Boddy: The native rating prob lem did not exist there.

The Minister agreed that the native problem was a most difficult one. It had been hoped that after the compromise the natives would accept responsibility for the payment of rates, but things had not resulted that way.

Because the Maoris here did not appreciate the Government efforts to help them, the problem was a much more difficult one than on the East Coast. To-day large tracts of valuable land were lying idle. The Minister agreed with Mr. Wilson that the incidence of hospital rating was unfair and should be changed—the farmer nearly always had to pay his hospital fees and then pay the levy to support those who could not do so. The shifting of the hospital rating incidence, however, was not an easy thing to do. He felt that in his position as Acting Minister of Lands he was not entitled to alter the rating policy in regard to land development, but he would place the full representations before Mr. Langstone when he returned in September.