THE BUTTER TAX.
Per Press Association. Wellington, November S. In the course of Ids dissenting judgment, Sir Robert Stout said that surely Parliament did not mean to abrogate its* constitutional practice and destroy the constitutional system regarding taxation. He disagreed with the contention that the Cover-iior-in-Connoil could delegate his power to tlie licensing authority. Such a thing would mean the destruction of that liberty which our ancestors had won for us through many trials and tribulations. Finally, ho considered that th ( > money raised by the hntter-fal tax was Crown money, and could only he disposed of as Parliament decided.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 87, 9 November 1916, Page 3
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99THE BUTTER TAX. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 87, 9 November 1916, Page 3
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