NEW LYNN RATES
LARGER SUM COLLECTED
Details of rates collected at New,: !: . Lynn, presented at last evening's meetinn- of the Borough Council by thetown clerk, Mr. N. R. Cathie, showed .; a considerable improvement on the position last year. A total of £5023 o| the general rates, comprising current and £1370 arrears, had been collected, against £4015 current and £lOsl arrears) for tn same period last year, an increase or £IOOB. This year's current rates collected represented 28 per cent of total and the arrears 12 per cent, llie amount of £506 of water rates collected. ~ showed an increase of £23. The bank. . overdraft was lower than it had beep,,,, for three years. . „ "The position is most satisfactory, said the Mayor, Mr. G. _ other members agreeing. Tho hardship caused to applicants for charitable aid through having to go to the city for their rations was agam\ discussed when a letter was received from the Hospital Board pointing ouVthat tho jjoods could be delivered. In . view of statements by members that.:,.; a charge, amounting in one case to 9CI 1 ' „*• on goods worth ss, was made for do- 1 liverv, it was decided to act further '■ in the matter in an effort to about a more satisfactory, ment. • -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21576, 22 August 1933, Page 7
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