RATING MATTERS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14838, 2 December 1913, Page 4

RATING MATTERS.

A BRIGHTON PROTEST. A well-attended meeting of. ratepayers of the North and West. New Brighton special rating area was held in the Tea Rooms, Bowhill road, on Saturday evening. * Mr Gilbert Burns, president of the North Brighton Burgesses'- Association, explained that tho Association had, by circular, asked the ratepayers to vote fer the loan, on the understanding that a rate of about 5d in the £ oh the old valuation," or lldin .thai on the. new valuation would cover 'interest -and sinking fund; The now valuation had now been completed, and as the Council had advertised its intention to rate at 5 l-_d in the £ on the new "valuation, the executive of the Association bad called the ratepayers together to consider the proposal" . Councillor Ainger, chairman of the Council's Finance Committee, stated that he intonded to move, at the next meeting of " t_<> Council, that the rate be A reduced'"to 12d in the:£, aa that would produce moro than sufficient to provide interest . and sinking fund for this special loan. "'-. The following resolution proposed by -Mr J. H. Coates, and seconded by Mi F. -J. Alley, was carried unanimously. "This meeting of ratepayers of. West and North New Brighton, protest! against the action of the BorougCouncil in proposing to strike a rata of 51-od in the £ for this special district, as in the opinion of this meeting, this rate is higher than is required foi the purpose of providing interest an. sinking fund for special Loan No. 3, geeing that the new valuation of the district has. been increased in many cases by 5 and 6 times the amount of the old valuation, under which 5 l-6d was required to provide- sufficient annually." * " , On the motion of Mr Theo Cox, seconded by Mr E. G. Tyree, it was decided to call, the attention of the Borough Council to the bad state ol some of the roads formed under Loan No. 3 also to the condition of the Esplanade- -at its north end, south of Bowhill road. -