PROVIDING PATRIOTIC WAR FUNDS
DIRECT TAXATION OPPOSED BY THE MINISTER, By Telegraph—PrtEß Association, Dunedin, July 2G. A deputation of Dunedin citizens waited on the Hon. G. \V.. Russell to-day and urged the introduction of direct taxation as a method of providing pntnotio wnr fuiids, pointing out that the present system was haphazard, inequitable, alia tainted with gambling methods. Tho Minister" uncompromisingly opposed the proposal, stating that iarliament would' revolt against any such idea «s that people of small means should bo deprived of the opi'" 1 "!!!, 11 of voluntarily helping the sobers. 11 o proposed tax would place the nho 0 burden upon income tax payers, wore a very small minority in the country'and'who would bo probably called upon to pay heavier taxation tor, tho war. Tha Minister mentioned it hat .M,774,801 had already been raised .lor patriotic 'purposes, of winch sum A1.W0,7M was still in hand. What was giving him anxiety was what the societies weie "oine to do with the money. He suggested that a further tax toouM on totalis#tor investment for patriotic purposes. •
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 264, 27 July 1918, Page 6
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176PROVIDING PATRIOTIC WAR FUNDS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 264, 27 July 1918, Page 6
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