PRIMAGE DUTY INCREASED
STRONG OPPOSITION (By Telegraph) (From "The Mail's" Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON; Ist August. Following the reading of the- Budget in the House of Representatives to-night Sir Joseph Ward moved a resolution to give effect to the increase from 1 to 2 per cent, in primage duty, which had to be passed before midnight and become operative immediately. The proposal evoked strong Reform and Labour opposition and an indication was given that further resentment wfould be expressed when legislation bearing on the subject comes down later in the session.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 7
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90PRIMAGE DUTY INCREASED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 7
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