FOXTON HARBOUR

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 161, 8 June 1929, Page 11

FOXTON HARBOUR

TENTATIVE RATING SCHEME. At a meeting of the Levin Borough Council, a letter was received from the i Eoxton Harbour Board covering a copy of a special resolution passed by the board levying an annual recurring differential rate, on the capital value of all rateable property within the Eoxton Harbour District. The proportions of the rate were: Eoxton Borough 7-Bd, Palmerston North Borough l-10d, Eeilding Borough l-20d, Levin Borough l-12d, Alanawatu County l-Bd, Ivairanga County l-24d. Levin’s share in the raising of £IOOO to cover current liabilities of the board in connection with its £16,000 loan and general expenses, would be £35. The Mayor (Mr Blenkhorn) explained that the board, at is last meeting, expressed itself as having no intention of collecting the rate, but considered that it ought to be struck so that the personal responsibilities of the members would be removed. Whether or not that would be so, he could not say, but he thought he would be able to report something to the council after the next meeting of the board whenever that might be. Cr. Falloon: It seems the thin end or the wedge. We don’s want a load put on to Levin borough if we can avoid it. His Worship: If a rate is necessary, we cannot avoid it, and it is brought forward now so that it can be taken into consideration when the various local bodies are framing their estimates. Cr. Parker said it was extraordinary that the Whirokino Riding and the Shannon borough were not included in the rating proposals. His Worship: They are only following the statutory authority; all our argument won’t alter it. When there were not so many motor lorries on the road and the boat was running regularly, their revenue was between three and four thousand a year. When they get the new boat, they hope that things will revive a bit and that they will get enough revenue to keep the port going without calling upon the contributory bodies to assist.