REBATE ON RATES.
County Council Appeals to Government. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, January 13. A resolution asking for a substantial rebate on all county rates paid before the end of March next was carried by the Southland County Council to-day. Members were agreed that some form of assistance to farmers was urgently required, but while some suggested a rebate of 20 per cent, others claimed that 50 per cent would not be too much. The motion finally agreed to stated: “That this council, realising that owing to restricted incomes the farmers this year will have more difficulty than ever in paying their rates, most strongly urges that the Government make a substantial rebate on all rates paid before March 31, 1933; also, that the money required for this purpose be taken out of the petrol tax that was levied partly to give direct relief to ratepayers and partly to force the road user to contribute his share of road maintenance.”
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 661, 14 January 1933, Page 15
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160REBATE ON RATES. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 661, 14 January 1933, Page 15
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