WAR TAXATION.
w (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, May 30. Mr H. Atmore, ex-M.P. for Nelson, addressed a large meeting in the Town Hall to-night on the subject of war and war taxation. At the conclusion, the following motion, moved by Mr P. C. Webb, M.P. for Grey, was carried: •—"That this meeting requests the National Government to provo its representative name by taking immediate steps to relievo the people, from the rruol pressure of the excessive cost of living by fixing prices and placing waxtaxation on war profiters." The following motion, moved by Mr Holland, was also carried:—"That, in view of the fact that the voluntary system has not failed, this meeting condemns the Conscription Bill before the House a« one of the worst forms of Prussian militarism."
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15605, 1 June 1916, Page 10
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