March 26.
The Council's decision to revert, to the rate of assessment prevailing in 1930, as from July 1st next, can not be impugned. In the light events since the sale of the Electricity Department it is obvious that} the abandonment of the 16 per cent. basis has severely handicapped the' Council in coping with the strain of acute financial stringency." It was expressly intended to be temporary but it has now lasted for} Seven years. This is not the time to split hairs or argue about the weight of taxation in the Settle-
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