RACING CLUB'S TAXATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 7

RACING CLUB'S TAXATION.

POSITION OF COUNTRY CLUBS. GOVEKN'MFAT TOXRIDEniXQ ALTERATION. illy Telegraph.- I'arliiimentary Iteporter.i ' MT.LLINdTOX. Tuesday. j .\ matter of considerable interest t<> country racing clubs is the subject nf taxation which, under tlie present sw- | (cm. is held by the clubs to be unduly ; burdeiir-ome. Last yen- representatives | of tbe country clubs waited on the Prim,. Minister relative to the matter, but were then unable to induce the iiiavernmeut lo alter llie existing system. i At the country- dubs' conference to- ! night the president, Mr. A. Rruce, nf j Thames, brought up the subject by re- ! ferring to correspondence that ha- passe I between the Prime Minister and himself since the last conference. The exnl.in- i Jation vv.is made in answer to collltmini- , cations suggesting that' iiir-tead of the I present nicthnil of taxing Ihe gross ,-c- j i-cipts of club-, a new- system he intrn- . iluced l.v which lhc tntalisatur reccipls : would Iv taxed a- at ~r ill. bul in \ stead of the gross revenue of clubs 1. dug j al-o taxed, the taxation be eonlined lo j jthc net prnlil-. Mr. liru.-e -lati',l thai i 1!,,. I'rimc .Minister, in a comniuuic.ition i dale! .lune IT., wrote that he was ~,b I mining lhc suggestion in the Minister I.if l-iii.nice for consideration when the jc-timatcs for lhc current yen- were ' hinder review. ! In .. Inter letter, date! Juno ii. last, (tlie I'rimc Minister wrote „* follows. ••[ lies to inform vim that I duly hrnu-h! ■ the matte before lhc Mini-te,' of Inter- j jn.il AlTairs. who slates (bat he hi. .-.en- | 'itiunicatc.l with l lie prc-idcnl of Ihe Xew j IZc.-.land 111, ill- fouferel »,. ibis -ill.- I Iject. I am hopeful lhat the represent i-j Ii lons made by any colleague will re-ult j !in i'-e Killing Coufcreiice takiii" the matter into soriou- coiieideintion." I Mr. Ilruce. in eoinmcnting on the Pre- , jmicr'- cnminuniciltioli expressed the opin ion that the country clubs should not j lrcl.iv their efforts to obtain a reduction of Ihi- imiuitious taxation. It was nil iverv well for the wealthy nictropolitian j club- to submit tn the cxisti,,. ~-stein! wit'houl demur. They ilftllhtless eon- , sidered it too good a policy to do -o. bit ' the burden nn country clubs was par-I 'licularly severe, and was prnvin.' .-. heiwIhandi.ap lo many clubs which niisht intherwi-c be placed on a niil.h liniier , land more satisfactory laa-is. Personally ; he believed thai fie Prime Minister was | jfa yon ruble m gianting them the i-nn-jcession. and it now remained for the con- I 'fercn.e to sac whether additional steps I isliould be taken f> further the object ;t'-,ev- had in view, or whether the matter ibe left ill ibe hands of the executive. I The conference decided without discussion to leave the qiie/tion ill the hands of the executive of thf new assnciatirfii. I