A FEDERAL LAND TAX.
4 : MINIMISED BST MR. DEAKDf. DIRECT TAXES ONLY' IN F.yra.-ROT CASES. ■By Telegraph—Press Assoolatlon-Oopyright t . : ■ Sydney, February 18. Speaking at Glen Innes, the Federal Prime -Minister, - Mr. Deakin, controverted the argument of Mr. W. H. Hughes'(Labour' leader), that, the main issue of. the elections was a progressive land tax. The Commonwealth, had the*sole pow-er of indirect .taxation, and so long as that was sufficient for. its: needs it. had no- inten- J tipn, of interfering., with the'; State prerogative of direct-taxation. Only in extreme cases would the Commonwealth's power to resort to direct taxation be exercised.: .'-.V:-!'--';"' -V,/
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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102A FEDERAL LAND TAX. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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