NO RATES FROM MAORIS.
S A TAURANGA GRIEVANCE. [By IELEaBAPH-^-OWN, CORRESPONDENT.] : • ■;-" '•. '"'* " TAUBANGA, ; Wednesday. i I, The non-payment of rates en native lands is a matter of considerable moment ,to the Tauranga County Council, which receives practidally no general or special rates .from Maori landowners. The >' county was, recently revalued, and the: result is ; that the European ? property! owners will called upon \to.| pay £ increased taxation.' 'The Maoris,' on the other hand, are permitted to look on smiling while large expenditure ion . railways and improvements v'.to* East Coast roads tends to enhance the value of their holdings. . ,'- : ~ > The County Council at its last meeting again discussed the question. A suggestion was { made, asd found 5 favour,; with * members, that collectors with a special knowledge ?of the Maoris ; should ; i be appointed to endeavour ■ to" secure rates. At>« , meeting next month the Council will try to formulate a scheme' which;;, it is hoped, may result: in: compelling the : Maoris to .; contribute their jut share to the country's taxation. ■■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 4
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166NO RATES FROM MAORIS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 4
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