LAND VALUATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1935, Page 8

LAND VALUATIONS

STRATFORD ASSESSMENT COURT. BOROUGH PROPERTIES REVIEWED. Twenty objections lodged against the valuations recently assigned to properties in the Stratford borough by the Government Valuation Department' were heard by the Assessment Court at Stratford yesterday. Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., presided. Mr.' A. Good, Government assessor, Mr. J. B. Richards, local body assessor, and Mr. T. Sheehy, Government valuer, were present during the hearing, which was held at the courthouse. In the following list of the decisions reached the reductions made are on the unimproved value of the perties:--Stratford Masonic Hall: Valuation sustained. H. E. Lawrence, Miranda Street: Reduced from £260 to £250. Margaret N. Keightley, Hamlet Street: Reduced from £2OO to £175. Mrs. N. Roguski, Falstaff Street: Reduced from £4O to £3O. Edward Leach, Broadway: Valuation sustained. James H. Bodie, Broadway: Valuation sustained. W. P. Kirkwood, Broadway and Miranda Street: Reduced from £2455 to £2300. H. C. Wright, Ariel Street: Reduced from £6O to £4O. H. C. Wright, Fenton Street: Reduced from £4OO to £3OO. Rutherfurd, Macalister and Coleman, Fenton Street: Reduced from £750 to £6OO. Misses F. and A. Ramson, Broadway South: Reduced from £l5O to £lOO. R. V. Keye, Brecon Road: Valuation sustained. C. J. H. Campbell, Percy Avenue: Valuation sustained. Estate of Garrett E. Wilson, Page Street: Reduced from £l7O to £l3O. Estate of Garrett E. Wilson, Miranda Street: Reduced from £l2O to £lOO. H. V. Chatterton, Percy Avenue: Valuation sustained. Stratford Golf Club: Valuation sustained. Estate of J. W. Fredric, Broadway: Reduced from £2250 to £1920. Estate of J. W. Fredric, Cloton Road: Valuation sustained. Thomas Spence estate, Broadway: Valuation sustained. MIDHIRST SCHOOL AFFAIRS. INCREASE IN ROLL REPORTED. A steady increase in the roll recently was remarked on in the report of the headmaster of the Midhirst school to a meeting of the committee. The roll stood at 99 pupils, with an average attendance of 96, stated the report. A “parents’ day” was held during the last term and was very successful. Parents and friends took keen interest in the work being carried out by the teachers and pupils. The girls’ basketball team won the B grade competition and reached the semi-final in the tournament later held at New Plymouth. As the team entered the A grade section of the tournament this was a very commendable performance. The school had also a Rugby • player, C. H. Harkness, representing Taranaki. The committee decided to hold a social evening in the near future at which theschool basketball and football teams will be the guests of honour. The senior basketball team had offered its help on the occasion.