TAXING THE MOTORIST.
.motorist!},' .will \l»e th&ahcr'easejs less thajfe spjuQ })fr.:.the.rO:vbuvV feai’ed, or host\l|£q ’it because it is still 'a sharp increase, iieed^rrdfeybe'anticipated ; but whatever remain,' has taxed the motorist for; general poses. The revenue is to. be expende,d| oil the road. Though the revenue with certainly rise, it- may be very far from ■'ri'singiin proportion to the increase. If it does not, then revenue from , related sources may be sluggish or fniiy recede; and in that case the Government may prove again that it does not pay to force a profitable source of income too severely. One indirect consequence of the increased petrol ,-tax •is increased preference to British cars,,,, as light consumers of petrol.—Cl 1r i s t-. church “Press.” ....
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6
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122TAXING THE MOTORIST. Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6
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