RATES IN MANUKAU

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1001, 18 June 1930, Page 13

RATES IN MANUKAU

NO INCREASE MADE ! ISSUE OF DRIVERS* LICENCES Expressing with be j financial position of the Manukau i County, and in formally moving he j striking of the rates for the year. M*. j F. M. Waters, chairman of the council. ! at a meeting yesterday, said the gen- | eral rates were the same as for the previous year and in a number of cases I special rates had been lowered. ! The general rates in the various ridj ings are as follow: | Mangere. Id in the pound on the ■ capital value; Papakura. 1 3-Sd in tl < j pound; Papakura, Id in the pound Papatoetoe, 7-Sd in the pound: Tu- { ranga. 1 *d in the pound; Wairoa. l|d :: ■ the pound. In addition, a special hos J pital and charitable aid rate of 3-1 Bd | in the pound had been struck for all j Members criticised the practice | adopted by some local bodies of Issu - * ing drivers' licences to ail applicants j regardless of whether they lived in the i area under the local body’s jurisdiction, j * 1 think wo should see if there is • some way of securing from local bodies , j tiie fees they have collected from : drivers who should have registered at our office.” said Mr. Waters. **Tlu a\ orst feature is that those who really r should not be given a licence can get one easily by going out of their own 1 district. Some people who should m-t be. allowed to drive a wheelbarrow have licences to drive a car." ' Mr. S. Rickards said he knew of several cases where driving licences bad b-*on sought at suburban offices in ‘ order to avoid the strict test in the ; City. i [ One of the conditions of dance-hall , licences granted in the Mamikau > County is that no liquor is allowed on i the premises. It was decided to send ■ ti is reply a letter frpm the Intel . national, Order of Good Templars regarding the exclusion of intoxicating r liquor from dance-halls.