A RATING CASE.
By Telegraph. —Press Association. Christchurch, last night.
At tho Eangiora Magistrate’s Court today the Mandeville and Eangiora Road Board claimed £2 6s lOd from Charles Flutey this sum being duo for rates, with ton percent added for non-payment of ratesT Defendant claimed that as bo was a native occupying rural land belonging to himself he was liable for only half the ordinary rates. Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., ruled that according to tho proviso at tho end of sub section 11, section 2, of tho Eating Act, defendant was liable for £1 .Is Jd, with Bs costs, but would not allow ten nor cent addition,
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 924, 24 June 1903, Page 3
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108A RATING CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 924, 24 June 1903, Page 3
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