STRONG PROTEST

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21229, 27 September 1940, Page 8

STRONG PROTEST

FARMERS AND TAXES “FAIR GAME FOR EVERYBODY” CLOSER ORGANISATION NEEDED Strong exception to the proposed excess profits tax as it would affect farmers was voiced at a meeting of the Whatawhata branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union last night. Several speakers declared that the farmers appeared “fair game for everybody,” and that it was time they organised on national lines. lit objecting to the proposed excess profits tax one speaker said it would be a tax on energy. Another speaker referred with feeling to the position of the farmers, saying that it was time the farmers organised themselves on lines as strong as the various unions. If the farmers formed a strong union they might have the chance of receiving the same treatment as the freezing workers, miners and watersiders. Valuing of Stock The new methods of valuing stock for taxation returns were also criticised, and it was decided to ask the Dominion executive to take action in this matter. The difficulty in securing .22 rifle cartridges was mentioned by one speaker, who stated that owing to the mild winter rabbits were very plentiful on Waikato farms at present. Many of these had been destroyed in the past by rifle shooting, but with ammunition difficult to obtain the pests were multiplying at an alarming rate. It was decided to ask the Government to allow the importation of .22 cartridges for the use of farmers.