TAXATION
i I have been verv i the various loners reaching you cor* plaining of taxation on voting pMP£ Perhaps mv own experience w» not be out of place. I joined toe Post and Telegraph Departm®* nearly six v oars'" aco as a mesSP boy. receivine 11 per week. Towat nearlv 20""vears of age, I am *f ceiving £.'] per" week. When one {*»■ aiders losine 2 in each £in taxatJß" n wili be seen that such condition are unfair. If voung people unoe 21 years are taxed, then we sW* have a vote. When the Minister? National Service was in AUSW* last month ho is reported to if f stated at Lit hi;, .w New South Wafe that -people •.-. ho complain a»» taxation make me .-ick." Such stt£ mcr.ts arc .-ji:i;e different to wbatJK had io sav when on the oppo^ 1 ; benches i n ' the House of Represem* tivos. Tin re iio.ud be no tasanowithoiu rc-pre.-cntation. ._„ POSTCARD-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 6
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157TAXATION Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 6
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