COMMONWEALTH LAND TAX.
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.
(Received May 24, 8.10 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, May 23,
[ The case of Osborne v. the Common- ' wealth Government, which is at present before the Court here, is one _ of the most important cases, as affecting the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament, yet heard. The right of the Legislature to enact a land tax is challenged on two grounds, the first being a technical ono relating to the discrepancy in dates regarding the passing of the Land Tax Bill itself, and the Land Tax Amendment Act. The main objection rests on a constitutional point. It is contended by the nominal plaintiff that the avowed legislative intention of the Land Act —viz., to burst up large estates —is an invasion of the powers specifically reserved to the States, the Constitution merely empowering the Federal Government, to pass tax measures for re-venue-raising purposes.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10247, 25 May 1911, Page 7
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148COMMONWEALTH LAND TAX. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10247, 25 May 1911, Page 7
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