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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 5

It was reported at a meeting of the Wanganui River Trust that as from November 1 next tourist passengers will bo required to pay a tax of 2s. 6d. to the River Trust (states an exchange). The ' chairman, Mr. J. H. Burnet, said the trust had to put the tax on somewhere, and if it were not placed on the tourists, it would have to go on tho settlers. Wool, milk cans, and fertilisers went free of tax. Mr. A. M. Campbell pointed out that the settlers paid all the year round on other goods, and the tax would not hurt the tourists, who only visited the river once a year. In order to exempt, excursionists a proviso was added excluding passengers gravelling less than 25 miles from Wanganui or Taumarunui. During the examination of, a judgment debtor in the New Plymouth court last week some surprise was caused by his admission that his son of 15 years of age owned and ran a motor-car, although he was in receipt of no regular wage (states the “Traanaki Herald”). The defendant said the boy bought the car out of his own money, but it transpired from a question ■ put by the Magistrate that any payments in connection with the running of the car were made by the father land regarded as payment for work done on the farm. Mr. Tate observed ’that if defendant and his son ( could run a motor-car he could surely ' pay a debt for the slag which had gone on his farm. An order was made. accordingly.