GAS COMPANY AND RATES.
AX IMPORTANT DECISION'. Auckland, Oct. 11. Mr. Justice Hosking gave reserved judgment in the action, Auckland City Council versus Auckland Gas Company, involving a claim for rates oil gasholders, pipes, and mains, and for certain land in connection with the gasholders, amounting to £IOBO, with 11) per cent, added for overdue rates.. Previous to the hearing, it was agreed to eliminate the question of rates due on the land from the proceedings. The defence, briefly stated, was that tho company was not an occupier within the meaning of the Eating Act of any portion of the streets under which its mains are laidThe gas mains, pipes, and gasometers were only machinery, and were exempt from rating. His Honor held that the company had the right to place its pipes under ground. It was a right of a permanent nature, and was rateable, but said the company had established the contention that the mains, pipes, and gasholders were exempted from the definition of rateable property and immune from taxation.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1918, Page 6
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172GAS COMPANY AND RATES. Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1918, Page 6
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