PETROL TAX.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 187, 9 August 1930, Page 8

PETROL TAX.

It is noticed that the increased tax. on petrol amounts to approximately fifteen per cent.. This increase appears hard to ;the average motorist, because, even though the amount is not very big, it hits his pocket often. It is noticed also that during this hist twelve months or so the prices of tyres, do not hear any additional tax with the exception of foreign makes, have been reducedby about twenty per cent. To my mind, it would be more equitable if, say, petrol was taxed an extra penny per gallon (that is approximately five per cent) and tyres taxed, say, an extra twenty per cent. This increase would hardly be noticed, as motorists have not had a great deal of time in which to appreciate the present low price of tyres. Moreover, the buying of tyres is an expense which does not occur every day, as is the case with petrol, therefore it does not appear such a great hardship. The British preferential tariff is a farce when applied to tyres, as the majority are imported from Canadian factories, which obviously are controlled by American capital, t .. f PUSS BIKE. -