UNPAID RATES
COOK COUNTY REDUCTIONS £7(10 WRITTEN GEE ‘GETTING ON STAGEE GASES’ "It. might appear lhal these remissions are almost disastrous, hut they represented the only way of getting bad; on to some basis of stability, with an assurance that we will get our rates in the future." staled the chairman of the Cook County Council, t‘r. ('buries "Matthews. yesterday. In presenting a report to the council from the finance committee covering several eases in which rates were years overdue. The report recommended that remissions totalling about £7CO should he made, most of the cases referred to being those of soldier settler,-'. occupying Grown lands. The chairman pointed nut lhal the reductions had been decided nil only after exhaustive consideration of the circumstances in each ease, and each on its merits. A condition of acceptance of the reduced amounts was that the individuals should undertake to pay their rates promptly in future years. Arrangements had been made In each instance for the collection of the rales in future years. order that, the course might, be on hand j on the requited date.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19026, 28 May 1936, Page 12
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