Art Union Prize Deductions

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 72, 13 January 1947, Page 5

Art Union Prize Deductions

What would be your net return if you won the first prize of £2OOO in an art union. The answer is . £1997 7s. Here are the deductions to be reckoned upon if you live out of Wellington:—To start with, 2s 6d for the ticket. Then 2d postage on a letter to Wellington enclosing a stamped addressed envelope—another 2d. Next, £2 10s exchange on Wellington (this is the maximum), and, finally, 2d for" a receipt stamp —in all £2 13s. But should you demand to be paid in ‘alluvial gold?”* That’s another story. Just win a prize—any prize—and see what-hap-.,,, pens when you ask at the bank to be paid in alluvial gold. Rails as Power Poles Representations by the Marlborough Power Board to the Minister of Customs seeking the exemption from sales tax of railway lines to be used for power poles have been successful to a degree following an exchange of correspondence. The Minister stated that there was no way by which the rails could be exempted, “but on the production of sufficient evidence that they were to be used as power poles the Collector of Customs at Blenheim will authorise the rebate of the sales tax.” It meant that they would not get the exemption in a lump sum, said the managing Director. • They would have toclaim the rebate as the poles put in. “Perhaps they fear we aregoing to lay another S.I.M.T. line,* observed Mr D. T. Duncan.