TAXATION FOR EDUCATION.
'; (Bj Tclcgrapli.—apccinl Corrcapondcnti; '■:-;: : ::'■■'■"' :' : Chrlstchurch, September 23.'" to-day at the official'opening,of.the new.portion.of ;a suburban fchool,-, , Mr;, T.'E;: .Taylor; M.P., .referred. to , tho question of local taxation' for education purposes/, ; He; said' .that' , so long-as ho whs in tho Hous6 v ho would resist most strenuously.- any; attempt to .relieve the 'Consolidated Revenue. of. tho cost of. education.' The people, had a right' to'the, best .education , .that could bo designed,'npt'as a ; TCr ; .suit, of .class.; taxation, but. as 1 a; first: charge, 'if necessary, onthe whole revenue of • the country. ' Tho cost of education- ■ was the best' expendituro .that; the country '.'engaged in,.and -they.. twuld not allow,.any. loeal taxes to.be, imposed-on the averiige citizen for- the: purpose of having his-.ohildrcn'educated, i ..■:' :','"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 5
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122TAXATION FOR EDUCATION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 5
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