THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS
DIRECT TAXATION. ■ THE STATES' PREROGATIVE. By Cubic. —Press Association.—Copyright Sydney. February 18. Speaking at Glen Innes. Mr. Deakin, Federal Premier, controverted Mr. Hughes' argument that t.lie main issue at the elections was a progressive laud tux. The Commonwealth, he said, hail the sole power of indirect taxation, and so long as that was sufficient for its needs he had no intention of interfering with the State prerogative of direct taxation. Only in extreme cases would the Commonwealth's power to resort to direct taxation be exercised.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 319, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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88THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 319, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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