RATE REDUCTION
Ikßwatu drainage board. as§fei;Manawatu Drainage Board de38ep/la't its meeting to-day to reduce « 'rates by 20 per cent, from last iiiir's' levy. General rates levied by. .3 lioard in 1930-31 amounted to #75 .10s lOd; in 1931-32, £2306 18s |gj .''1932-33, £2274 lis 3d; and in the ilUlip provisional estimates for the Suing year were considerably lighter Sfevlast year and the chairman, Mr Wk Mildon, suggested that relief in miiopuld be granted this year. mm R. Tanner thought such relief Mr Mildon remarked that although had been reduced the fflk 'proposed was as great as in the febus year and as many men would Oil the motion of Mr A. \V. Hamffit was decided to draft the estiiJfes to accommodate a 20 per cent, fljuction in the rates. Estimated Ilenditure amounted to £I7IG 9s Bd. Hi'! balance of revenue to be found late levy is £IBO2 0s lid.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 7
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149RATE REDUCTION Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 7
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