SOUTH AFRICA
COMPANY TAXATION. THE LABOR QUESTION. THE BLACK PERIL. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 8, 9.15 p.m. : Capetown, May 8. The Government proposes to impose a quarter per cent, tax on the value of all interest-bearing shares of companies incorporated either inside or outside the Union, which the companies will be empowered to recover from holders. The inclusion of companies incorporated outside the Union is intended to encompass holders who transfer South African holdings to a London company in order to escape death duties. The Government also proposes to grant partial relief if the major portion of a company's business is outside the Union. A petition, with 51,093 signatures, has been presented to the Assembly, ptaying for increased police establishments in compounds where natives keep wives; also for facilities for training native female servants, and for the importation of European domestics. The Government refused Mr. Smutt's demand for a commission to enquire into the increased prevalence of rape and assault with intent.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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163SOUTH AFRICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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