NEWMARKET AFFAIRS.
■ " RATES : FOR THE 4 YEAR. .v . -j | The Newmarket Borough Council met. | last evening, the Mayor, Mr. S. Donaldson, presiding. There were also present: Messrs. P. S; Boone, H. J. Cooper, W. T. Sawbridge, N. Kelleway, -A. , Kent, G. E. Sinerdon, F. J. O'Meara, T. J. Watts, f. and A.'. R. Seccombe. ; : ._' .', • V; Estimates'"for the current yew were submitted,; providing.: for the-' levying of a * ; consolidated; rate of ;3s i6d - in, the , ij 'and - " a water rate of 5 pes'; cent, on properties? exceeding £12 10s.in annua! value, ( and s 3f; per, cent, on; buildin/js other thai - dwel-' : . lings. Rates were struck . accordingly. ; . Six tenders for f concreting , in Khyber' Pass' Road\ were : received, ana ;that of Mr. T.. McWilliams at £5752 14s lid was accepted. The engineer's estimate ij-ir as £4157. , i,«lt was announced that the agreement ;,*• on the subject of storm-water drainage jbe- '' twee a . the city, Mount Eden, and .Newmarket had been signed by both the former bodies,; and when it had been 1 signed' by Newmarket, as : agreed, the ne- •s§ cessary work would bo taken in" hand by the Drainage' Board. , '. / < •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 11
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