POLITICAL JOTTINGS.
A DIRECT HURT. "It is a quite true saying," remarked Mr P. A. de la Perrellc (Awarun) ill the House of Representatives, in charging the Government with failure to deal with combines, “that if you hit a trust vim bruise a Reformer." ‘did they get it:* "The Budget shows that L’2(>,o00,000 has been spent on the soldiers," remarked Mr (). J. Hawken (Egmoiit). in the House of Representatives. Ydices: "Who got it?” Mr Hawken: “The soldier- got it.” 'Laughter and dissent). HOW WORKERS ARE HIT. As showing how unfairly Customs taxation hits the average working man in New Zealand, Mr W. E. Parry (Auckland Central) stated in the J louse of Representatives in the course of the financial debate, that on a workers’ wage of, say L'2(M) a year, the Customs taxes averaging L’2-1 per family of man, wife, and two children meant a tax ol 12 per cent on his income. But, on a limit with an income of L'BIOO a year the L’2l of Customs taxation meant only 21 per cent.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1924, Page 3
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174POLITICAL JOTTINGS. Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1924, Page 3
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