BOROUGH RATES.
POWER TO INCREASE PROPOSED. (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reparter.) • Wellington, Last Night. ; A proposal tliat borough council' ba given power to strike a higher rate tha|i at present is likely to be debated Ja tbo * House shortly I The Prime Minister to-day stated that a Bill at present being aonsidlped by ft committee was likely to come bade witU a clause in it providing for an eibtnaion of the present limit. Jt hat frequently been stated that a number Of local bodies have found it rather difficult, by reason of increased wages and other factors, to keep within the limit imposed by the existing law.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1920, Page 4
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105BOROUGH RATES. Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1920, Page 4
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