DOMINION COURT

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4820, 7 August 1939, Page 5

DOMINION COURT

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. . RESPONSE OF LOCAL BODIES. MANY DECLINE TO CONOf 77 local bodies in the Auckland provincial district, excluding North Auckland, which were asked to contribute on a proportional basis to the cost of the Dominion Court at the Centennial Exhibition, 48 have paid or promised the full amount of their assessment.

In addition contributions have been received from the Auckland and Te Awamutu Electric Power. Boards, the Auckland Harbour Board and the Auckland Transport Board. Ten local bodies have paid or promised sums less than the amount assessed, and 19 have refused to make any contribution.

Full Amount Provided.

Those bodies which are providing the full amount of their assessment are as follows, the assessment being shown in each case: — Auckland City, £I9OB.

Boroughs.—Cambridge, £33; Devonp'ort £125; Gisborne, £290; Hamilton, £248; Huntly, £23; Manurewa, £2l; Matamata, £2O; Morrinsville, £24; Mount. Eden, £266; Newmarket, £59; Ngaruawahia, £l7; One Tree Hill, £134; Paeroa, £24; Papakura, £23; Pukekohe, £3B; Taumarunui, £35; Tauranga, £47; Te Aroha, £35; Te Awamutu, £3l; Te Puke, £l4; Thames, £47; Waihi, £3B; Whakatane, £23. Counties.—Cook, £168; Franklin, £224; Great Barrier, £6; Kawhia, £33; Manukau, £177; Matakaoa, £27; Uawa, £4l; Waiapu, £113; Waipa, £245; Waitemata, £200; Waitomo, £116; Whakatane, £125. Town Boards.—Glen Eden, £l4; Helensville, £l2; Henderson, £l4; Leamington, £8; Mount Maunganui, £6; Papatoetoe, £33; Putaruru, £11; Tuakau, £9; Waiuku, £l2.

Road Boards.—'Mount Roskill, £92; Ostend, £8; Taupo, £7.

Portion of Assessment.

Local bodies which have paid or promised portion of their assessments, with the full assessment in parentheses, are as follows: — Boroughs.—Birkenhead, £lO (£42); Rororua, £7B (£B9). Counties.—Coromandel, £lO (£35); Hauraki Plains, £SO (£81); Matamata, £SO (£149); Ohinemuri, £lO (£42); Piako, £lO7 (£171); Rotorua, £63 (£80); Taumarunui, £2O (£51); .Thames, £2O (£3B).

List of Refusals.

Those local bodies which have refused to contribute, with the amount of the assessments, are as follows: Boroughs.—Ellerslie, £35; Mount Albert, £239; New Lynn, £36; Northcote,- £29; Onehunga, £132; Opotiki, £18; Otahuhu, £7l; Takapuna, £95; Te Kuiti, £33. Counties. —Opotiki, £69; Otoro£86; Raglan, £159; Tauranga, £123; Waikato, £213; Waikohu, £lO7. Town Boards.—Howick, £l2; Otorohanga, £ll. Road Boards.—Mount Wellington, £3l; Panmure, £5. .