TAXATION OF CAPITAL AND DIVIDENDS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 95, 16 January 1919, Page 5

TAXATION OF CAPITAL AND DIVIDENDS

• London, January 12. The Home Government contemplates imposing a tax on capital accumulated during the war, and nleo a tax on the dividends of commercial industrial firms.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.DEATH OP FRENCH EXPLORER SHOT BY HIS WIFE. _ New York, January 11. , Jil. Jacques Lebaudy, the famous French explorer; has been fatally shot by his wife.—Aus. T N.Z. Cable Assn.

The mining population prior to the war was something like 1.150,000. Fully 400,000 of them joined tie Navy and Army. THE PARCEL FOR ,THE FR&NT. WHAT IS BEST TO SEND. . It is always a matter of concern to those sending parcels to their toys at the front to know' exactly -what to send. The space is limited, and, therefore, nothing is considered that will not be useful or bring homo comfort and pleasure. No parcel is so tightly packed thatspace cannot be found for a bottle of Dr. Morse's Indian Jtoot Pills. A bottle of pills may seem an amusing or unusual thin°; to suggest, but, seriously, could anything'of equal size or cost be sent that will be so necessary or useful. It is a well-known fact that tho men require such a remedy. The irregular life onuses the system to get out o? order that is responsible for such an enormous loss from sickness. The shot and shell of the enemy are only a part oT the danger that soldiers face. To ba an effective soldier, good health is far aud away the most important single item. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills aro too well known to tho public to'wastb space telling what they will do. Tho little amber bottle in which they are packod will secure them from all kinds of weather conditions, and they can be carried l>y the men oh their person at all tinios without inconvenience 1 . A BRIDGE FOR THAT.' ' TOOTH GAP. By a bridge those disfiguring, missing, tooth gaps can be filled with pearly-white, perfectly-moulded teeth, without a plate. My Bridge-work is my speciality. Guaronteed for 10 years. Make an appointment to-day. \V. p.. SommerviUe, "The Careful ' Denlisl,"- Molesworth ;. Strent, Hours— 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Advt. '(The cable news in'this iseuo accredited to the London "Times" has appeared in that journal, but only whore eipreebljr, ■teted i> such news the editorial opiaiao tit tho "Timei.")

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