LOCAL BODY PRIVILEGE
MAY BE WITHDRAWN (B> Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, 29th November. A notification from the Minister of Stamp Duties that tlie question of withdrawing from local bodies the privilege of free searches in the Land Transfer Office was under consideration was received by the Christchurch Drainage Board last night. The Minister’s letter dealing with payments for searches stated that there was no specific authority for .. allowing searches for other purposes than the recovery of rates and tojvn planning to be made without the prescribed fee, although it was recognised that searches entailed in ' bringing up to date the board’s .sewer areamaps should be made without charge.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 November 1933, Page 6
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107LOCAL BODY PRIVILEGE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 November 1933, Page 6
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