GOLD DUTY UNFAIR?
LONDON, November 24. "Mr Curtin's refusal to remove the duty on sc!J 01 to replace it by a profit tax is not iurprisins." says tin Financial Times, "but the logical c'ojsction to the cJu';y is thai it falls unfairly on low-grade mines, coir.oared with highjrarie mines, and that from British sharcholaers* viewpoint it does not rank lor Dominion tax relief "Last week's rises in several Australian srold shares was not related to Mr. Curtin's decision. Friday's spurt in Wiluna shares to 6.6 resulted from rumours that a promising new property was being negotiated, or that a fresh discovery had been made in the original mine.''
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 281, 27 November 1941, Page 3
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