AMUSEMENT TAX

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1923, Page 6

AMUSEMENT TAX

HOW ’I'O USE IT. Here is a novel suggestion, made by an English Association football enthusiast, for the use of the English entertainment tax. “It is doubtful” (says the “All Sports Weekly”) if there is a more active football brain in the country Hian that possessed by Air. John Lewis, the well-known Blackburn official. lie was responsible for the (froposed alteration in the rule regarding free-kicks just oiitside the penally area, and was naturally disappointed that his idea did not meet with general approval, as he is convinced it would be for the good of the game.

“Among the other ideas of Air. Lewis is that tlie Government should do something more towards the provision of plaving fields, and recently be argued the matter out in what seemed to be a strictly logical manner. If it is right, he said in effect, for money which is obtained by a tax on motorcars to be earmarked for the upkeep or improvement of (he roads which the motor-cars use, then it would seem to be right that some of the money which went to the Government from the entertainment tax on football should be used to provide more football grounds. A neat idea, that, isn’t it ? But to get official sanction for if would be a much more difficult matter.” It is well to point out. however, in case any.JNew Zealand Rugby’ enthusiast seizes on the idea, that people paying other taxes could also propose that their tax should be utilised in a. like manner. For instance, theatre managers would not be slow to suggest that the tax collected from them should be spent in improving their theatres, and the racing clubs would not object to improving their courses with faxmoney. Anyway, the tax is paid by the public, and not by the clubs and promoters of the entertainment.