A TEST CASE.
O«BUItXE v. Tin-; LUMMOX WEALTH. the right or the tiovkunmot TO TAX LAND. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, May 25. The Full High Court have commenced the hearing of the c.'L~e Osborne v. the Common wealth, for the purpose of testing tier validity of the. Euid Tax and Laud Tax Assessment Act. 'The case L-: regarded a£ one of the most imjxjrtant affecting the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament I hat has yet been heard, '.lire right of the Legislature to enact a land tax is challenged on two grounds, the first being a, technical one relating to a discrepancy in dates regarding the passing of Lire Land Tax itself and the Land Tax Amendment Act, but the main objection rests on a. consiiluiional joint.. It is contended by the nominal plviintilf licit the avowed legislative intention of the land Act—namely, to burst up largo, estates—is tin invasion of the powers specifically reserved to the Stales, the Constitution merely empowering the Federal Government to pars tax measures for re-vcune-raising purposes only.
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Evening Star, Issue 14574, 24 May 1911, Page 6
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173A TEST CASE. Evening Star, Issue 14574, 24 May 1911, Page 6
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