TRAMWAY RATING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16167, 22 March 1918, Page 6

TRAMWAY RATING.

LEGALITY QUESTIONED

The vexed and much-discnssed qu«£ tion of the legality of the Chrlstchujtn Tramway Doard's action in levying • " rate on the Hackthome road SF««r : . rating area will he submitted for wf* sion by the Supremo Court. iii* contended by those interesting selves in the matter that when lh? loan was raised the ratepayers mado themselves liable for payment of working expenses, any residue frtJtt |f earnings left to be devoted to payiW f. interest and sinking fund. The Board -7* considers that the ratepayers are liable for contributions towards j | preciation and renewals, and that !r . possesses the right to impose rates » earnin/rs are not sufficient to meet thc?e demands. The ratepayers tend that as long as tho whole sy6t«W /■ shows a profit no rates can be imppfc>Or; the special districts being part of . general system. n Jrl'i The action to come before the tour* is in the namr- of the Attorney-Genert px relatione W. H. Winsor Sprevdon) and the Christchurch Tra®" . way Board, and takes _the form w. . application for an injunction to re" , strain the Board from levyingrat.is on the Hnckthorne special r , area. The decision in this action in» ; govern all the special rating areas •*, cent St. Martin's, in connexion tnia which the conditions are entirely 0,1 ferent.