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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 489, 23 October 1925, Page 1

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| MR. MASSEY SAID I 1 Speaking of the U.S.A, -under Prohibition in the House in | B September, 1924, the late Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, P.C., Prime g | Minister, said: — g I “Most other countries had been | | exceedingly anxious to reduce their j | taxation, as was indicated in the | | press from day to day. America \ | | had probably been the most consist- | | ent country in this respect. She | | had been wonderfully successful in | | restoring the prosperity of the | | country.” , . | Liquor Revenue Does | I Not Reduce Taxation j S'- . s ■ ' ' ■ s ..This is clearly evident from the following plain facts:— g | GREAT BRITAIN in 1924 spent £316,000,000 on intoxicating | g drink, which resulted in £137,100,000 being collected as. revenue. j I Taxation is the highest in the world, £l5 18s. Od. per head. |, | New Zealand in 1924 spent £8,494,459 on intoxicants, resulting | ■ in the collection of £1,826,839 as Revenue in that year. Taxation g i is £l2 Bs. Od. per head. • | I The U.S.A. in 1924 collected NO Revenue from the legalised | jj beverage Liquor Traffic. Taxation is only £6 14 10 per head. j | (It used to collect £100,000,000 per annum before National | U . Prohibition). Taxation is to be further reduced by £60,000,000 j j this year. | | The Liquor Traffic is Advertising a loss of £700,000 per annum j 1 in liquor revenue as compared with its statement in 1922, and . g ■ yet . ■' i ■ TAXATION REDUCTIONS MADE SINCE 1923 | | AMOUNT TO £3,000,000 per annum. g | Land and Income Tax reduced; 3d. per lb. off Tea Duty; Tobacco | 1 Duty reduced; Amusement Tax reduced; and Penny. Postage re- | J introduced. And even after that the Government had a surplus j H bigger than the entire liquor revenue. | | New Zealand can do without liquor revenue, which costs in- | J efficiency and degradation, and hampers production. | | . Strike Out The I I 2 Top Lines [ f 258 Cut this out and keep it by you. g