MOTOR TAXATION
PROPOSED INCREASE. A VIGOROUS PROTEST. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, May 30. A vigorous protest against further motor taxation was made at a conference of the North and South Island Motor Unions toGil The chairman, Mr A. E. Ansell, said the proposed increase of petrol tax to 11 pence a gallon would increase the revenue to £2,600,000. The proposal that a million of this should go to the main highways and the remainder go to extinguish the hospital levy was obviously unfair. To say that a man who owned land adjacent to a highway should pay nothing for the road was absurd, because the value of land increased with improvement in the type of road. Motorists must be prepared to fight resolutely against any imposition of unfair taxation. “We all feel sympathetic to those men who are unemployed,” said Mr Ansell; “but we know the highways funds have been used to relieve unemployment and without doubt we have not had value for our money. I doubt if there has been a return of 10 shillings in the * The following motion was carried: That this conference protests against any further increase in motor taxation.
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Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 7
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195MOTOR TAXATION Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 7
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