A working man writes to the New Zealand Times as follows:—Why should church bells, furniture, pictures, images, stained-glass windows, and all church fixings be admitted free, and duty placed on a working man’s boots ? Grand churches, parsonages, and church property (well let as a rule) should be taxed as well as a working man’s home. If rich men want the above things to worship God with (in a luxurious club, as it were), let them be honest and pay taxes on them, and not put the burden on the workers in New Zealand. True worship of God requires none of these, but they come handy to those who make religion a means of forwarding the interests of corporations such as some churches do. JH Why not tax church property and fixings, and devote the money to the school fund ?
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 161, 19 June 1884, Page 2
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139Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 161, 19 June 1884, Page 2
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