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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 6

The position of commission and indent agents is said to have boon made a hard one by some of the provisions of the Land and income Assessment Bill now before Parliament. Section 5 of (bis mcasuro provides that where an agcnt.'dircctly or indirectly sell or disposes of the propertv of'his principal the principal shall be deemed to be carrying on business in New Zealand, anil tlio income, from such business shall be considered to lie derived from such business, and shall be subject to income lax in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act and tins Act, and the agent shall make returns and pay tax accordingly. The Chamber of Commerce is interesting iMf i" the matter, and is calling a special meeting of business men affected for Tuesday evening next to discuss the new Hill. If, is slated that Sir .Joseph Ward hasa,Treed to delav the progress of the Bill to enable business men (o consider the measure and confer with him. "Kleciricitv in the air affects your system," '•aid the phy.-ician. "yes,' said the patient, who had pi.\d five guineas for five visits, "I agree wiili you that there are times when one feels over-chnv<re,l." "While gathering mushrooms, Thomas Jones, aged SO, jumped a stream leading I from the Longlior River. Swansea, and remained fn-t in the mud on the ether side. He was foil nil lying on his face with his legs fast in the mud. Unable to j extricate himself, lie had been slowly drowned by the rising tide. Of the 231,025 seamen (including fishermen) belonging to nmrchant ships registered in the United Kingdom in lilOi),! 1(11.712 were British, 43,1-12 Lafcars, and 30,071 foreigners.