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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 February 1915, Page 3

I The attention of the public is drat to the fact that the concert in aid the "War Fund to be given Dy the bo of the Weraroa Training Farm ne Friday (26th inst), will be h*ld in t j. King's Theatre, and not in the Oentu r . Hall as previously advertised. \- The whole of the election figures bei p more or less tangible evidence of il d I movement of population northwan d I B&y* a writer in the 'Christchurch Sta. ■ I Th* Qhirstchurch city constituent a are the only South Island electoral : that show any considerable increase i » the number of voters compared wit ■ the number polling in 1911. Here th i increase is 3500. In the Dumedin cit i constituencies there is a decrease o I 700, and in the Otago and Southlan- ( rttral ioonfstituencies taken like th > city oounstituencies in the groups sug geated by the Hon George Fowlds' Proportional Representation Bill, th figure* ar© almost'stationary. Th< Southland group, including the towi of Invercargill, shows a decrease » 303. The Wert Ooast shows a declin< of over a thousand, and North Canterbury an increase of only 424 The position 'in the North Island is very different. The Auckland citj constituencies show an increase of just upon 7000, and the "Wellington city constituencies of 2500. In the four North of Auckland constituencies there in an increase of 3900, in North Waiketo 5000, in South Waikato 4500. The "Wellington rural districts have not done eo well. The five Taranaki constituencies have increased by only 300, the four Maniawatu by scarcely 1300, and tour Wairarapa by fewer than a thousand. By the Finance Act 1914 (Session 2), the British Income Tax has been increased by one-third for 1914-15, and t- or 1915-16 the rate is to be doib'ed. Ail persons having incomle subjected to British Income Tax will have to suffer this increase rate. In many cases, however, a considerable rebate from full. rate can'be obtained, as irrespective of the total, certain classes of income are entirely exempted from the tax, and in the oase of a person who is or has been in the service of the Crown or any Nativo State under the Protectorate of the Grown, or is in the employ of a Missionary Society, or is resident abroad for the purpose of health, a rebate is allowed when the total income does not exceed £700. If advantage can be and is, taken of the exemption or abatement the virtual rate of tax is considerably reduced, and is in many ases quite nominal. Relief can only be obtained by claiming repayment of the fax deducted, and as there is a time limit within which claim can be made Tife matter is one calling for immediate attention. At the present time a claim for payment for four years can be made but after the sth April next only claims Per three years will be admitted.