The Wheel Tax Questions.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 10 August 1894, Page 4

The Wheel Tax Questions.

; was jaawn ma&r Oonncil tftf meeting on Monday. *' ! &* dotation, '■ : consisting, ofi'earson and • V* !i Wß^fer&Ui)'>rofe#^.gai U st ,H rafat ne had ifotmd that the majority of >atopiy«rs in ihe Qmata riding *.**mie AWnfr to the 4 imp.6sHi.Qn of any} ,7 'M Jresent!/ a peti.&lMM4J6h, The wheel i. tax, it’ia'CGdie&pftit’dd' to impose upon ■dftho Taranaki county;: 1 . ’ A wiUbe a haidship to rratepeyepsi »s«s profull -ifi'js -Itteftt allowed tp'be~«a-~ iffd in ,", viewed’ S§)i£n extra,4a*. or a taiW' f'faaii rkie qf fd in gta9sßqg|g%' which beiitiohei’s pbhsider %/fct 'bfiMlfit. (4tf That your petitioner? rated to ;'ti[ijlttaA6hid k aQy furbe’ of . •- f tfhe'd?emt^ l Whl; : ba greatly - retarded. * v - ■* (9) y THfe'f ‘tlii Viifeer .ia^ would only,fall,upon |he 4 reeiaents of.. • rf %if a TOWalMpi£ ; an/ Wouldvpot touch' llAsi^fisf <r pf : ibiveigu: ! pQuhliep* (6) ,e That contemplates, imposing a ~ fai)reSit.'’^ ; ay: iextra . / s to^h3 n bnetti4^' patch both the s s**f 1 ? xhe' ; saicOC, 'wassiiardly take'wp the Mme.of the/, question. dealt : baled" * wiu to, would haVe heetr congidered*bad they

-'.W3 Jaw 9. The (hiafnpah :”Ndtyet. Mr why is it too late?’ ■::::"■ f>ux t : ■ The; <lax ? . will j»q. ' ho iaW. alihougb we have not actually got the Governor's consent. We have based our finance on the re* srui Teame d foso'demed.' .. ,W sjiewZ Mis Bearsdfitf {HoW -hM u yoji base f ,yoir ifi The CJm^gp; We cannot discuss was an ;i! ifi\the petiton, which Joaitated thfitVcsidente of other counties, & IW£s- *Ww D °t fiid he'was hfie of those who opposite tax, but now that.it bad become law he did not see that any _,. A , Mf stated the petitioners '/! '* "V^dyah o6^;ooo . reason, that it re- . is■: phased, He wonlM point out - retard tlie progress .of the l ; - f, more if. they bail impassable ■ itoids, and if the tax was not ipippsed it would be utterly impossible to keep th» ; roadain repa,ir.r.i: .rs U Mr Tate sympathised with thede* - pulatidn.* r - He was against the tax from \ the • edmhaeficement, when •- Mr Adlam first fathered, -the question (cries of 4 l . Hear,.hear”), but it had been fully.. discussed,.&nd. the councili:had now’ borne to a .decision, v The tax would only be for twelve months, go MyAdiam said be did not like being Hi I' .fathered) with what he did not do, and when Mr. Tate said he was the-father; of the wheel tax he said what was wr6ng. ofNo”). "He was adhered 1 to : havhig both the wheel * tax and tollgatps. , y * }vm Mr Tolers said he Was surprised'!# find , ( qf the covtncillors say}they opposed tlie . lax.". The, proposals, with the ex?, *so® thepetitipp; ,„ ff ..fttHiiW a. s httle further discussion. of. fJfM Morris’ av. t ,hppe h ;tii it, tbe i dnunbrlH . News. |