URBAN FARM LANDS
COUNCIL PASSES BATING BILL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. In moving in the Legislative Council yesterday the second reading of the Urban Farm Lands Bating Bill, Sir James Parr said the question of rates paid by small farmers within boroughs had been tho subject of a commission, and the proposals in the bill were on the lines of the recommendation of the commission. Tho bill had the approval of the Municipal Association. The. Hon. D. Buddo said the bill did not go any further than previous legislation, and did not deal adequately with the claims of small urban fanners for tho relief of rates. The bill was read a second time, put through the remaining stages without discussion and passed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 4
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124URBAN FARM LANDS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 4
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