The Minister of Finance (Mr W. Nash) had a quip ready when suggestions were made in the House of Representatives last evening that part of petrol taxation should not be diverted to the general purposes of the Government. Would it be suggested, he asked, that proceeds from the tax of whisky should be devoted to the whisky drinkers, the tobacco tax to smokers, and the tax on acid drops to acid chop eaters. -(P.A.) _
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1947, Page 7
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