To the Editor of the "NomrH-CHINA Dany News"
Sm;—The Council's appointment of special committee to consider inequalities in the present system of taxation, and to devise means of re-ite payers' meetings can be controlled majority-vote of only 35 ratepayers, then the defeat of the Little amendment by only a few votes, is a definite proof of the opinion of the majority of ratepayers other than
appears to me e appointable to cast a pietro the special committee is merely a smoke-screen to tide over until the ratepayers' meeting in April, and thus seeking to avert public criticism which might interfeře with the re-election of the present membership of the Council If the Council is indeed anxious to remedy the prevailing admittedly unequal and unfair system of taxation, there are several simple remedies which can be put into effect immediately, without any expense, In proof, I refer to my letter to you of January 27 (published in your issue of January 29) in which T wrote systems to the prevailing unequal one It appears to me that alternative
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