Coldstream Ratepayers Associations ( not the same one as today), have been around since 1907. This is stated in Margaret Ormsby's book "Coldstream Nulli Secundus".
At that time newcomers were pitted against "old timers", because they all wanted :
"A domestic water system of clean mountain water delivered by pipes . This pitted Coldstream Fruit-Rancher against Lavington Farmer. It seemed that the Coldstream Estate Company wasn't enthusiastic about incurring additional taxation." (Taken from Coldstream Nulli Secundus a history of the Corporation of the District of Coldstream, by Margaret Ormsby.)
We are still having the same problems today (water issues).
Whether the words are Coldstream Ratepayers Association or Coldstream Taxpayers Association the aim is the same.
Taxpayers/Ratepayers concerned about local issues.
Taxpayers/Ratepayers concerned about local issues.
Angie Kitcher
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