Penalty on Rates
FRUITGROWERS SEEK RELIEF (Special to “Times”) NAPIER, Feb. 9. A request that the 10 per cent, penalty on rates levied on August 1 last should not be imposed until the 193738 fruit) crop was harvested was received yesterday by the Hawke’s Bay County Council from the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association. The chairman, Mr F. B. Logan, explained that as the penalty had already been imposed the council had no power to removtj it. It was possible that the Government might carry on the legislation of the previous Government enabling relief to be given in necessitous cases Unless the necessary legal measures were forthcoming the penalty cotild not bo removed. He anticipated that relief would be given a* had been previously extended.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 2
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124Penalty on Rates Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 2
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