THE CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The member for Mastcrton did the Opposition an- injustice on Monday night when he vsaid that on the question joif the retention of the duties on blue necessaries of life it was rmmmg in harness with the Gover.viie: t. This is far from being the case. Mir. Mas sey .has o-i numerous ->cca?ions urged the revision of the- tari'F, with a vio-.v to relieving the taxation of the people as a whole, and Ms followers have consistently demanded a more equitable fiscal pod-icy. The Government, however, has beeu adamant. It has the hardihood to tell the people that it has remitted taxation to the tune of hundreds of thousands, of pounds, till© while the burden of taxation through the On. - tomis has been slowly and surely creeping atp.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10478, 15 November 1911, Page 4
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131THE CUSTOMS DUTIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10478, 15 November 1911, Page 4
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