MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURE.
CASE BEFORE PRIVY COUNCIL.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF QUEENSLAND v. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
United Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, July 23. The Privy Council’s decision in the appeal case, the Attorney-General of ' Queensland v. the Municipal Council of Brisbane, advises His Majesty to discharge! the orders of the High Court and Supreme Court - of Queensland, and to substitute therefor an order that respondents are not entitled to expend the moneys received for general rates 1 in one ward upon works constructed v in. another ward, also that an . injunction should be granted to restrain such expenditure. The case was initiated by the Brisbane Ratepayers’ Associa- , tion, with a view to ascertaining whether the Municipal Act made proW&ibn for financial separation of the ri,.*'arious wards of the city.. % The Supreme Court ordered the. City Council to keep separate accounts for each ward; then the High Court, on appeal, J: Rcld that while the Act intended such separate' funds, it was not expressed in such a way as could be given effect to. The Ratepayers’ Association thereupon secured an appeal to the
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2563, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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178MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2563, 26 July 1909, Page 5
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