NEARLY £3000 OUTSTANDING.

Shannon News, 11 July 1922, Page 3

NEARLY £3OOO OUTSTANDING.

UNPAID COUNTY RATES. At the Horowhenua County Council meeting on Saturday the Clerk (Mr Goldsmith) made a statement regarding the amount of rates still outstanding. On March 31 last, said Mr GoldI smith, the rates owing amounted to £4928. Since that date £2208 had been collected, leaving' £2720 still unpaid. He had sent out many notices requesting those concerned to meet their Labilities, but the result was that £2700 was still owing and was lost to the Council as regards earning the subsidy. The amount of subsidy lost in this way was £3OO. Unfortunately four of the largest ratepayers had not come up to the mark and the loss in subsidy from these four alone was £9O. In regard to the future, next year's rates would soon be due and if the Council did not get the cash in it would have to take stringent measures to secure payment.

In reply to a question,. Mr Goldsmith said the ridings in which the Crown owned property were the worst j off in the way of rates unpaid. TokoI maru was the best in this respect, as j it had not so many Crown tenants. i The Chairman: Wirokino and Te Horo are suffering the worst,-as they j have a large number of returned soli diers.

Cr. Whyte: A good many farmers are hanging on to their money because they don't know where they are. Mr Goldsmith stated that the rates had been paid in a few cases by the original owners, the tenants not being in a position to do so.