RICCARTON RATES

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24904, 18 June 1946, Page 4

RICCARTON RATES

COSTS CAUSE INCREASES “The sky is the limit these days,” said the Mayor of Riccarton (Mr H. S. S. Kyle) when the rates which will be struck by the Borough Council next month were approved last evening. The Town Clerk (Mr R. Sarjeant) said that the general rate had been increased by |d in the £, the hospital rate was up about 20 per cent., and two tramway levies, which had not been made for some time, had also to be collected. The rates in the £ approved were as follows, all being on unimproved value unless otherwise stated: general rate, 4d; street lighting, jd; water, 2d (on land and dwellings not supplied but within 100 yards of a main, Id); hospital, 3|d; Domains Board, jd; Waimakariri River Trust, 639-5000 d on capital value on class B properties; North Canterbury Catchment Board, l-40d on capital value; Drainage Board, in sewerage area 135-256 d on capital value, and in rural Riccarton, 25-128 d; Tramway Board, .18750 d on capital value. Special loans: waterworks, Jd; Riccarton, gd; south area, id; central area, id; eastern area, id; north-west area, 11-16 d; Blairs corner repayment, l-20d; south-west area, 2jd; Drainage Board sewerage extension, 15-32 d on capital value; Tramway Board special loan, .08013 d on capital value. Increased costs were quoted as the reason for