ABANDONED HOLDINGS
LOSS OK REVENUE TO LOCAL
BODIES
(United Press Association.)
WELLINGTON; This Day
Dining discussion with a deputation from Wnangamomona (Taranaki) County Council it was stated that numbers of properties in the district had been abandoned by holders, ninety per cent of whom were ex-soldiers. The point at issue was the loss of revenue to local bodies. In this case the. Council lost £1154 out of total revenue of £4OOO.
The Minister of Lands agreed that some soldiers were over protected. An Order-in-Council now enables local bodies to recover rates front the Crown. The chairman of the Highways Board announces that the resolution dividing New Zealand into 18 districts will be amended by including all town districts not forming part of counties situated within their boundaries. Thus Avondale borough goes into No. 2 Auckland district, and Sumner and Lyttelton into No. 14 Canterbury.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19240719.2.42
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 19 July 1924, Page 5
Word Count
144ABANDONED HOLDINGS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 19 July 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in