THE COAL TAX.
NO PROSPECT OF REPEAL.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 5.10 p.m., Feb. 21.
London, Fob. 21
Mr Ritchie, replying to a Coal Minors’ deputation, denied that the coal tax injuriously affected owners or colliers. Wages had been higher and employment better than in 1899. There was no prospect of repealing the tax.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 823, 23 February 1903, Page 2
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