The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1926-12-03
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/labours/items/1.0439009/source.json
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note: '*>*******'m***mmmmmmmmmimmm tor State, .-an tOWNED AND CONTROLLED^^^ab^W BY THE VANCOUVER ^ .qIaBOR COUNCIL Y\ Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Pai <-* ''<$%£&& 14 • ^jg^-^___-_rs*- ►No. 137—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, DECEMBER 3rd, 1926 (*» No Taxes Paid on This $3,000,000 Property Every residential taxpayer and ,-enant in the City of Vancouver, is having to make up the difference in taxes, between what, "most of the_ downtown property owners are paying and should pay. ( Just a few instances will suffice. The two blocks between Georgia St. »nd Smythe St., on Granville are underassessed to the value' of three mil- h'ori dollars. What they don't pay, you have to. The Hotel Vancouver property •lone, is estimated to be underassessed to the extent of .$300,000, JM Seymour St., between Pender and Dunsmuir, the lots are assessed at $14,000, but sales made this year are from $25,000 to $35,000. Look up the sales in your own locality and see how much the property is overas- ssessed. You pay for what the down town property owners do not. We need some new material on the City Council. ' Here" are some instances that can be checked up. The northeast corner of Scott and 12th, is assessed at $2 FIVE CENTS PER COPY A. V. LOFTING Labor Candidate for School Trustee Ward Five Property Greatly Overassessed In a majority of cases, Ward 5 property owners who have sold their property during the past few years, have received less for it than the amount that it has been assessed at. That indicates that YOU might have to sell your property for less than it is assessed at. V O T E LABOR DECEMBER 8 th v v-,-|_- ■» .■» Yet in spite of the JL__^i_j-L_ii_^^^ and IS Rln.t- in — s->_/» . ~. I aij r. , . ^**1Tii^l-T^lo"cirTo, on Dufferin St., is assessed at $2200 each, for. sale *-ow at $1500 each. Lots 23 & 24, Block .113, Broadway & Keith, assessed at $1630, are for sale now a $900 each. These are just a few taken at random. You probably be» lieve that your own property is over- assessed. …
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439009
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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type: Text