TAX ON LIPSTICK
Suggestion in Commons London, May 20. Suggesting a tax on lipstick, tlie Marquess of Titchiield said in tlie House of Commons that lie understood large sums were got in that way in France and America. He did not believe file women of Britain were any less decorative than the women of France and America, and large sums could be raised. The suggestion was received with cheers and laughter. The Chancellor of tlie Exchequer. Mr Neville Chamberlain, said be did not see bow such a tax would be con sistent with the desire to make every one happy, bat lie would seriously examine tlie preparation referred to.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19360522.2.92
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 201, 22 May 1936, Page 11
Word Count
109TAX ON LIPSTICK Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 201, 22 May 1936, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in