EATING SYSTEMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19252, 16 August 1924, Page 19

EATING SYSTEMS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— “Century” states that the £35,000 which he says would he saved by the suburban ratepayer under the unimproved value system would be made up by the increased rates from other portions of Dunedin —those nearest the centre. He mentions the amount a certain foundry would pay under the unimproved value system—£4oß 4s for one acre two roods, or about £34 per eighth-acre. In a previous letter he stated that the rates on a section at Anderson’s Kay would be £5 3s 2d for about 24 poles, or nearly £5 per eighth of an acre. Evidently the extra £29 per eighth acre which the foundry would pay would be to provide tram and train fares, roads, and paths for the workers in the suburbs who are employed in the foundry. The proprietors of places of business and industry in the city would be expected to continue in business under these conditions. The places where the workers earn their bread would be among the most heavily rated. Many of the property-owhers in St. Kilda Who have been playing rates longest are now the heaviest rated. Their land is rated high because of the roads they paid for. This will happen in the city ir n change is made in the system.—-I, am, etc., SonuEß. TAHUNA PARK. TO THE EDITOR. Sin, —As a spectator of the great football match by the Rugby league team I was delighted with tho sport, but felt verymuch tho display of disolyalty by some of the players. I am sure tho people that attended tho match in such large numbers did not expect any disloyalty. It is a perfect place for football or an agricultural show. There is nothing better in the whole world. It does not matter how it may rain, for the ground is always in good, dry order and the sunniest place in Dunedin, hut is very much neglected by tho committee of the society. There has not been a caretaker at the park for a considerable time, and there arc no public conveniences. A place that has been doing duty for a lavatory for the last 47 years is in a most filthy state. I suggest that the health officer should give the committee of the Otago A. and P. Society if) days’ notice to have the lavatories erected and drained to the sewerage system The committee lias £IO,OOO in hand, and so can go on with the work at once. Tho Otago Hunt Club is now preparing to build a concrete house with a tile roof for the men anil kennels for tho pack of hounds, all the improvements to be sewered and the sewage to be discharged into the sower that passes the property. As far as I can ;eo dogs are to bo better looked after than the people of Dunedin are. — I am, etc. „ „ Member Otago A. and P. Societt, August 14.