IN THE HOUSE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1933, Page 6

IN THE HOUSE

THE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS

WIDE IiAXGE OF ARTICLES

(Per Press Association- Copyright.)

WELLINGTON, February 22,

The revised list of exemptions i'roui th lt ,-Sales Tax, as• introduced in . the iHonse to-d.iy, makes a number of important alterations in the original list.

The additional items number 56, while items that were included in the •original list, which do not appear on the revised Hist, total sixteen.

These numbers do not g*ve am accurate statement of the position, however, fur some of the items which have i 1 ice’' struck off the list have been included in other dor,ins. An example •of tins' is to bo found in regard to packing .materials. An oi these have been deleted, ,but two comprehensive clauses have .been included .covering all manner of. containers.

The additional items• exeniptfd ar e as follow'-, : Animal fats or oils, crnde.pr refined, bags, bottles, boxes, casks, crates, cylinders, .drums, .jars,, (jacks, tins, w.oolpacks v and other containers, empty or .containing non-taxaible goods , a,nd being ordinary trade containers fa l ' packing goods ; .bags, bottles, boxes, eases, casks, crates, cylinders, drums, jars, 'sacks, tins, .wo.o.lpacks, and other containers which contain taxable goods and which' in ; the ..ordinary course of business .are . charged .for extra, ..and for thp. value of which credit..ls.allowed when they -.are'returned to the seller; box strapping metal ,suitable .for .binding cases, crates and : similar articles, alsn'-.Ke.nls' for v«o therewith; candles, carbide of calcium, chemical's, ..drugs and similar preparations approved by the .Minister for .use in .th.es,pita Is and other inetitutjons .when such preparations /are , purchased . exclusively for in such,hospitals and other institutions, and not for re-sale ; briquettes; carbmiettce and other coal . are included in .the fuel group; coffins, vora-ilour, vacuum pans, vats, or «trunks . other than tihiOSr, lined with glass, porcelain .or .enamel, when ,«okl to a dairy factory or a manufacturer o,f m.ijk product's. Also the following .articles, mad. e of ; rubber, identifiable'/a, 3 parts of dairying machinery,; viz :—lnflation tubing, milking machine rings, .washers, i-e----.leaser connections, ..and similar ..rubber fittings; eggs, fresh <o r preserved/ .and egg pulp, stock and poultry foods, acetylene .gas is included in the gas group ; cow, horse and .pig hair in its natural state, hemp and tow, raw hides, s,kins and ~ pelts, niot.nl hoops in short 'lengths, specially suitable for wool baling or similar purposes, horns, hoofs;, and bonce, lime, including quicklime, .slaked lime and lime .stone, malt,, cooked meats ar, e now exempted, but tinned or • siiniilarly packed .meats are liable, milk and crefirn cans, milk ami cream, frash, .pasteurised, powdered, condensed ■ or. preserved,. also buttermilk powder. • Cement ouated nails, paper patterns, postal franking maoliines, ..rabbit poisons, including carbon . bisulphide, .pbps-. plior.ised . pollard, strychnine, and .similar poisons, rice Hour, sgo and tapioca, fowl ;pit, R'ausage .'casings, sodium chlorate, spray pumps, foot or hand power, tar, tombstone's, water, wood, woo!. greasy, s*p&d,‘ jlcored or , euebonjsed -wool, yeast, tallow, dressed o>' undresijed rice, also ' rime mgul, refuse arid rice meal, .anhydrous .ammonia, tubular woven cotton cloth, .specially suited for meat wraps, cheese bondages . o r caps.

Paper N.F.I. cut- dr shaped for wrappers, boxes -or other receptacles. Cellophane, plain in sheets, unpointed also NiE.I. imprinted piper ; true vegetable parchment; glazed transparent greaseproof paper; imitation parchment paper and similar paper of such quantities as may ■bo approved bv the Minister; also paper other than wrapping paper, waxed, ,unpr;nted ; also such paper printed and then '.waxed ; paper or cellophane wrappers, printed, lithographed.or ru]ad N.E.1.; also wrapping ,papc r .printed or tinprinted ; printed books, paper and me sic N.'F.i. ; religions tracts, handbills and folders. Cbrdave and twine suited for u?e in fishing -lines■ and -twine suited for use in the manufacture .of netting and nets in quantities approved by the Minister. EXEMPTIONS REM OVER.

Items in the original schedule which have been deleted are; Articles and materials for th. P soie use of public hospitals when purchased exclusively for .by. hospitals and not for .re-sale ; all ihdivdual deof packages; surgical, dental and opticians’ instruments; scientific and philosophical instruments ; hydro extractors, oil engines and compressors; artificers’ tools; bill hooks, bush

hooks, slashers and hedg e knives

WHY TH$ FADED

GOVT. COLLAPSE SAYS LABOUR

WELLINGTON, February 22-

A straight out denial that it .rs any -fault of the Labour Party that the de,hate on the committee stages of the Sales Tax- Bill came to ail early end in the House laet night wOis given today by Mr E. J. Howard, one °f the pan-tv whips. “It was -an absolute collapse on the part of the Government," said Mr Howard. “The Government was no ready to go on. We spim the debate out in flip evening to give the Minister of Finance a chancp to gpt- his important clauses re-draft?d and his schedule complete, but although we t-rlked on trivial points there was nothing ready when we had finished. Th\ Government was caught napping -with nothing ready.” * Commenting :on-the .Prime Minister** remarks that prolonged stonewalls

would mean that the Government would ho forced to bring down legislation by Order-in-Council, Mr -Howard said that if the schedule of exemptions was brought down in this manner it would be almost the end of constitutional Government. Unless the clauses which have been redrafted conform exactly to th e Labour Party’s views, which is not likely, the Opposition will oppose them to the limit,