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I, ' ' . TO' TH* JtDlTOa. ' • I Sir.-r.T,udging by, the itonc bf tbeir letters "H" and "Observer," like iriyself. *>'*- long to the class .whos^/r^tes would no*, j i' bo lessened if the rating basis were ehai)-,'- . Ed ; but while I recognise that the traffic . of , tradesmen's carts ."and • other v.ehicK« "- coming to my house (a tcn-rooxnc4 an?) causes. -as miicli. Ttfear.. and teai v>f ;< th^ roads as the similar traffic to properties of far greater size and value further from town, and that therefore it is o.nly fair that I should pay an honest rate iriproportion/ the writers whom I have named seem to hold different views. They cannot dispute my facts and figures, which Mr Turner admits are correct, 'though he i draws" different conclusions from them, so they indulge in abuse. • It is amusing to j see that, while these people write anony- ■ mously, they object to -my doing so. Thcro 1 was one point in Mr Turner's last letter which I failed to notice, viz. — his assertion ! that the best residences ,. in the Boromfh are built on the most? ' Valuable sites. TEfiis is not the case. Such sites are;'jbccup,ied by' ■ shops,' ' warehouses, 4 and. offices. ' Any large 1 housed whicK ar<» ori even se?on*<l value sites have either ' been standing;, f or'

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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11028, 18 August 1903, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11028, 18 August 1903, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11028, 18 August 1903, Page 5

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