As illustrating the growth .and expansion of Auckland, the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Guuson, quoted some figures when speaking at a supper tendered on Thursday evening by the City Council to Mr. A. .T. Entrieau, He 1 said that when Mr. jßntriean first joined the Council, in 1808, the population of the city was 37,000, while to-day it was 08,000; the area of the. city acres against 7300 acres; the annual ratable value of the city was ,-6313,000, as against £1,250.000 to-day; t.he revenue was only £63,000, as compared with £783,000 last year and an estimated total of £1,000,000 this year. For light cost under heavy loads there's no truck tvre to compare with NORTH BRITISH SOLID TKUCK TYRES, Rnnvßntp.Qd £av 10.000 Jnilej.lfl^
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1920, Page 5
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123Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1920, Page 5
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