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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3590, 29 June 1880, Page 2

Last evening the Thames people assembled in the Academy of Music, forwarded their mite in protest of the Property Tax to the Government. The resolution which was carried unanimously was most concise and to the point, and was as follows:—"That this meeting considers the Property Tax unjust, oppressive, inquisitorial, and unnecessary." Dr Kilgour, who proposed the resolution, made an able speech, in which he demonstrated the effect of the Act on various sections of the community. Ho clearly showed that the Property Tax was what the resolution declared it to be—unjust, oppressive, inquisitorial, and unnecessary.

The resolution of Mr Wood, although reasonable enough, was altogether outside the question, and we must compliment the chairman (Mr McGowan) for his ruling with regard to it. Although the majority of people would agree with the opinions expressed in Mr Wood'a resolution, it would not have been right to send such a sweeping motion to the House, as by so doing they would have counter-balanced any effect the resolution proposed by Dr Kilgour, and subsequently carried, might hare had. We sincerely sympathise with the objects of the meeting, and hope to see a repeal of the Property Tax effected. The colony is almost unanimous in donouncing it, and the House taking this fact into consideration, would be likely to "run a muck," were they to persist in enforcing this obnoxious measure.