DEVONPORT BOROUGH
LAKE PUPUKE LEVEL THE COLLECTION OF RATES The level of Lake Pupuke is 25in. below mean high water mark, 13Jin. lower than at this time last year, according to a report presented at last evening's meeting of the Devonport Borough Council by the engineer, Mr. A. T. Griffiths. For the fortnight ended July 26, a total of 7,029,000 gallons bad been pumped at the Devonport station, 247,500 gallons more than for the corresponding period last year. -"The rates are coming in satisfactorily, considering present conditions," said the town clerk, Mr. A. E. Wilson. For tho four months ended July 31, £3698 of the general rate had been as against £3958 last year. The water rates were not coming in so freely, £2778 having been received. It was reported that work under the No. 5 unemployment relief scheme had been provided for 311 men for tho week ended July 23.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21252, 4 August 1932, Page 11
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