NOTHING DOING
Immigrant Scared of N.Z. Taxes .. , --. . ■ : •- i -fU LONDON, June 12. Prospective immigrants to New Zealand call every day at New Zealand House in the Strand. Many mention substantial sums they are prepared to take to the Dominion. One recent caller, however, left everyone els© far behind, and a member of the staff is still blinking. , In a conversation that lasted about four minutes, the inquirer remarked that New Zealand was a nice country, that he would like to take his family of five there, and that he had “something more than £250,000,” but he wondered what the New Zealand income tax and death duties were. The member of the staff produced a card and showed him the rates. “Humph,” said the caller. - “I would be as badly off as I am here. Good morning.” And with his “something more than £250,000,” he left abruptly.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19460613.2.40
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 206, 13 June 1946, Page 5
Word Count
146NOTHING DOING Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 206, 13 June 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. 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 Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in