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Show PROPERTY OWNERS I FACEHARDPROBLEHi HALIFAX, N. S,, Feb. 28. Owners of property destroyed by firo which swept an area of two and a half square miles after tho explosion of a munitions muni-tions ships in the harbor here December Decem-ber G must pay taxes on homes which no longer exist under a ruling bv the courts of tax appeals. In dismissing petitions for remission remis-sion of taxes tho court hold that as the assessments had been levied before be-fore tho firo there was no legal way by which property owners could be relieved re-lieved of liability. |