NOTES.
The opponents of the amalgamation of St Albans with the city have frequently irsed the argument that the increased valuation in !the borough will mean a decrease of t-he ra.te per pound, and that the . advantage of this would be lost to the ratepayers in a Greater OhrSlchurch. At the meeting in the Canterbury Hnll last evening, it was stated by Councillor Hyde that the rate would be reduced to a lid or l|d, but the Mayor of St Albans contradicted this, and feafd that the rate could not fall below 2£d or 2|d. Both, the opponents and friends of amalgamation appear to have overlooked the fact that, while the St Albans valuation haii largely increased, that of the city has also risen,* at the' lowest estiiircute, by £228,000- "
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Star (Christchurch), 21 January 1903, Page 3
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