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AMUSEMF.XTS AXD SPORTS TAX. By Cable—Pros A^och"ion -Copyright Sydney, .Inly 12. Commenting upon the farmers' conference motion to lax amusements, the Herald says:—Our shame to-day is that «o many of our fit and able-bodied citizens are shirkers and shirkers. l-pttin™ ihem oil' willi a tax upon their hcltinfj j tickets will not help to win the war. whatever it may do to sueeoiir the wounded who should have been backed up h-fore they fell. The Farmers' Conference resolved in i favor o r a tax on all sports, race meetins* aril amusements for the assistance of maimed soldiers and hospitals. UHuirmxi; falls off. Bri-bnne. .Tulv 12. T'.i.. report of the Qinvinbnul recruit ins committee states that recruitinp has fallen off to sueh an extent that not half the men reipiircd for reinforce in. tits a ,.,. e„li,ti.i S ; It concludes by pointitin out our urgent need for conscription. MEP.CHAXT FLEET CuXTUOL. Melbourne, Julv 12. The Federal Cabinet has decided iliac the Xavy Department shall control the Commonwealth merchant llcci until after the war.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 1
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