SUGGESTED TAX
Combating Air
Pollution
A local tax on solid and liquid fuels with a high sulphur content is suggested by the committee of the Clean Air Society as one of the most effective means of combating air pollution in Christchurch. The committee said the soicety’s president (Mr I. R. Densem)-yesterday came to this conclusion after considering the report of the Regional Planning Authority’s air pollution advisory committee, which showed that sulphur dioxide was one of the major problems.
A tax of £5 a ton for fuels with a content of more than 5 per cent and £2 10s for fuels with a sulphur content of more than 3 per cent, was suggested. Although sulphur dioxide made up only 34 per cent of the total of polluting agents, it caused between 80 and 90 per cent of the damage. Such a tax would help to dissuade the public from buying fuels of high sulphur content, Mr Densem said. It would also provide funds for research, enabling some of the recommendations of the report to be carried out.
Credit For Planes.—The British Government reported that it had used a United States loan worth 12,5 million to buy American F-111 military aircraft.—London, July 29.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31125, 30 July 1966, Page 16
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