DISTRICT NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17972, 22 August 1930, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

(Continued from Page 5). "There is no question of the farmer escaping any of his fair share of the cost of making and. maintaining roads under derating. He could reasonably be called upon to pay rates or residues, and would still pay more than his share of benzine and tyre taxation, as farmers' roads are not in such good order as those in general use, whereas any general taxation hits the landowner. It is necessary in national interests that users of roads should pay for roads, otherwise the taxpayer will have to meet huge railway losses, due to road competition, which is subsidised by the taxpayer or the rate payer. "Furthermore, the basic earnings upon which the livings of all persons in the country are built, are the earnings of exporting farmers,; and it is not a good national policy that these earnings should be the particular target of taxation. The greater the production fg-oin the land, the better off and more taxable is- the whole community." Sheep Dip. In reply to a request to establish a sheep dip in a suitable position on the Plains, the matter was declined by the New Zealand Loan and'Mercantile Agency, Ltd., they considering there not being enough sheep on the Plains to warrant this step. ' * General Business. Several members present spoke or the unsatisfactory .house drainage in and about the township- mentioning the offensive smells, that arose from some of the drains, and .stating that this was not conducive to the best health of the community, more especially the school children, who daily had to pass these drams. . It was resolved that the Drainage Board be written to, asking them to have an examination made «f the system of house drainage in and about the township. County Retrenchment. It was decided that the County chairman, Mr. W. Madgwick and Councillors W. McDuff and J. Motion be invited to attend the next meeting of the Uniori to discuss matters pertaining to the County, more especially in the way of retrenchment.