LOCAL BODY PROTESTS
COURT’S DECISION ON RATING. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 14. Those local bodies rating on unimproved values continue to protest against the decision of the Appeal Court in the Northcote Borough case. The Mayor of Birkenhead said the position that had been created was absurd. The owner of a _ large property could build a shack just presentable enough to comply with the bylaws, demand an exorbitant rental and allow the shack to bo unoccupied for six months and then apply for a remission of part of the rates. _ _ The council had decided to join with other local bodies in a movement to secure amending legislation.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 221, 14 August 1930, Page 8
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108LOCAL BODY PROTESTS Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 221, 14 August 1930, Page 8
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