THE BUDGET.
DEATH DUTIES AND MOTOR TAXES -PASSED. • . ' ' . : IDT mmjnArrtwiiF.ts AViM.iATmM-'CorratdnT.l . (llco. May 21, 10 p.m.) London, May 21. Tho HoUsd of Commons adopted fho tcflolutions embodying tho hicreasod doatli and succossion .duties Bltd the motor ' tax, thb Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. LloydGe<Srgb) remarking that, thb Utile had ai'rived for tho oottstTuotiott of. groat national pads. [Motor-cars are to bo taxed troja 40s. to 4ft guineas, according to tlieir hbrsb-pb'ttor. ' Dbotors' cars mil pay half, thb prescribed taxes, and motor braes iVill bfe trtXcd. tt) tho client • of -£l. Petrol VrlU bo penalised to the extent of 3d. per gallbn, with a rbltftto of ljd. per gtUldn to commercial cars, -It is anticipated that tho motor taxes Will bring in k sum of .0)00,000, and it .is proposed to spend .the tyo- ' ceeds in tho improvement of roads.l ■' , '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 5
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139THE BUDGET. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 5
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