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Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1921, Page 3

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VARIOUS DOMINION ITEM'!.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. | PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX. I WELLINGTON, Feb. 21 The Minister of Finance has bad placed before him a suggestion that payers of income tax should be allowed to make payments in two equal.instalments. Mr Massey said his responsibility as Minister of Finance would not permit him to make the concession that was being asked. Many taxpayers bad already made payments and seeing t at the Dominion’s financial year would close at the end of next month, the effect of request would lie that an instalment of the income tax would stand over into the next financial year. .Mr Massey said if the concession were made, the Treasury would have to call for a year and a half’s income tax dur- j mg the coming financial year. If they ! n _ I allowed the instalment to stand over again, the Government would lose half a year’s income tax, and it cannot afford to do that. A division of the tax

was not possible, when the money was being collected right at the end of the financial year. If the money was going to fie paid by instalments then the first instalments must be paid early in the financial year. DUNEDIN WOOL SALES. , DUNEDIN, Feb. 21. There was a full bench of buyers for the 19,000 odd bales catalogued at the second Dunedin wool sales this morning. .Mr Andrew Todd, Chairman of the Wool Brokers’ Association, announced owing to unavoidable circumstances, the sale would be postponed till the evening. It is understood this statement is explained by a common clause in The wool sale conditions which allows a buyer to cancel bis purchases if a strike commences or is in progress. » AN EDITORS DEATH. HAMILTON. Feb. 21 Robert J. Gwynne, editor of the A\aikato “Times” died suddenly, 1 . While j fitting in a chair he pitched tori'aid ; mil died without warning. He was one >f the best known men in the province. J SAWMILI.KR KILLED. i GISBORNE, Feb. 21. I William Tecmey* aged 46, single, was j filled at Darkness and Lunond’s saw- J dll at Arere twelve miles from Toko- | laru Bay. | HOTEL BURNT. - j FEILDTNG Feb. 21. | Apiti Hotel, of 22 rooms was totally pstroyed" by lire on Sunday. It was , ivned by Kennedy and Go., the li- ; ■nsec being T- W. Cox. ,