MOTORISTS AND PETROL TAX
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WELLINGTON, Nov. 21. Thc quarterly meeting of the Nortli Island Motor Union carried the following resolution unanimously: "That tliis meeting of thc N.I.M.U. vicws with Jgo&ccrn thc s.tatcnient of thc Minister .of Finance, Hon. W. Nasli, that thc pctrol tux, wheu first iniposed, was not ; intcndod exclusively for roading pur- ' posea. Thc fuudamental principle underlying thc payment of thc pctrol ' tax was cdeariv outliucd on thc introduction of thc tax in 1927, and as a nieasurc of road jisage it was primarily a tax for thc construclion, rcconstructrun and maintcuance of roads. That lito N.I.M.U. reaftir»i£; its requcsts to thc Governmcut (I) That thc tax of -Id a gallou imposcU for dcfcnec purposes in 1999 Ijc iinuicdiatcJy rcniovcd; (2; That thc Id. a walton wliich was to oporatc duriug tlic depression only, bc also rcmox cd inmicdialcly, or altcrnativcly, if it bc rctaincd, bc spccilically allocat-
cd to thc nihin highways acconnt as , additional revenue. That motorists, as such, lmve no objection to the payment of a reasonable tax on petrol provided , it is used exclusively for roading purposes. That we coucur Avith the S.I. M.U. in its recent protcst to the Government in particular Teference to thc statemcnt by the Minister of Finance."
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 November 1946, Page 7
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