QUESTION OF RATING.
Tin-. question as to whether a tramway track is ratable property was the point involved in a case heard before .Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M.« Magistrate's Court yesterday. The Waitemata County Council and the Takapuna Borough Council, represented by Mr. R. McVeagh, with | whom was Mr. F. Lawrie, claimed from tho Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company, Ltd. (Dr. H. 1). Bamford), the sum of £200 for rales on a tramway track during the year 1913-14. Mr. McVeagh explained that tho rates were, levied before the Borough of Takapuna was severed from the Waitemata County. - No question in regard to tho formalities would bo disputed—tho solo question was whether the tramway track was ratable property within tho meaning of the statutes relating to rating.' In his argument Mr.' McVeu-h relied on the case Brisbane Municipality v. Metropolitan Tramway Company, in which it was held that a tramway track was ratable property. Dr. Bamford. contended that the company was not an occupier within the meaning of tho Rating Act. Mr. Kettle reserved his decision. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15948, 19 June 1915, Page 9
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