A family. of rows has just been evi fof wires in Bubbling" Well Head. at thave flows Mr, Crow overlooking the Dick pra telephone con Jon rentals which have een reduced many cases as much as 30 per feet. and until rentals go up again {there can be no improvement in the Budget without an increase of rate. He "reminded members that the Budget has not been balanced by normal means since 1029 and the position to-day, so far as he can see, that if the Council does not increase the rates now members will be faced with on Increase of 4 per Jcent. next year. If the present pos!- ton' is allowed to progress "any anger, it will get out of hand and there will be much more difficulty The Treasurer ard Controlter stated that even with a 16 per cent, rate from July 1 he anticipated that fu 1038 there will be little room for any development, social or otherwise, This year over §1,800,000 had to be taken from reserves to balance the Budget The Chairman pointed out that to the resident paying $10 in rent the increase means only twenty cents, and proportionately upward. They cannot, he urged, allow the Budget to continue unbalanced for the sake fof such an increase. If they did, then what would be the outery in another year when an increase to 18 per cent. must be asked? Even with the increase to 16 per cent. for this year there was still a deflect fon the Budget of 18% lakhs.
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