TAX ON AMUSEMENTS.
Among -the remi'ts to bo d'.K'Ufised at tho Municipal Conference ,in Wellington, next weok is one which possess;* tho .saving virtue or originality. J ike prcposes that hospitals and chai'.'itible aid .should be 'maintained by a tax on tickets .for usement, fxibscd:sod by grants from .)i Consolidated Fund. That the Conference will turn a'own tiliis proposal goes without .saying. It is .not difficult to see that if such a scheme were adopted, the Tcoidcmtfs of 'the .centres would •be contributing the lion's share of 'the cost of tho upkeep of hospital, whilst oountry settlers, who arc in- a better position to pay than .are urban dwellen:-",, would JiMnci't escape taxation. r lh© wonder is that a municipality can be found which would ha\<? the temerity to make such c- suggestion.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19120725.2.9
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10677, 25 July 1912, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
133TAX ON AMUSEMENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10677, 25 July 1912, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in