A VICTORIAN SURPRISE.
STATE LAND TAX REDUCED. By TcleerapU—Press Association-Copjrißlit. Melbourne, December 9.' . Iα the Victorian. Assembly the Treasurer sprang a surprise on the House by introducing ■au • amendment which reduced the.State land tax to a halfpenny, .in. the pound, aiuL.providing for an all-round exemption, of £250.' He stated that the Government wanted only sufficient revenue to keep the ledger straight. The reduction means £50,000 less revenue. ~„ Thq, t r&ductipn, = p > f. ■ ) the 7 ,e.xefliptjon from £500 was carried) and the 'rate was still being debated.-when the".House rose.
. • The Legislative Council has accepted the Assembly's proposal, for.a conference to consider the'points Lα dispute in the Electoral Bill.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 996, 10 December 1910, Page 5
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