APATHETIC RATEPAYERS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION - .] Wellington, Thursday. The city loan proposals to borrow £208.000 for various workso were submitted to th ratepayers to-day. There was an extraordinary lack oi interest shown, less than 2000 ratepayers going to thg, poll out of about 13,000 on the roll. All the proposals were rejected except two affecting suburban areas, viz., construction of a tramway to Wadestown, £40,000, and water supply to Northland and Wadestown, £22,550. Amongst the rejected items was a vote of £27,550 for the erection of workmen's homes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13983, 12 February 1909, Page 6
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87APATHETIC RATEPAYERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13983, 12 February 1909, Page 6
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