MR WOOLCOCK ON TAXATION.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1698, 13 January 1874, Page 2

MR WOOLCOCK ON TAXATION.

[to the editor.] Sir— Since you have solicited an explanation from me on the subject of taxation' on the miners, I beg to state that I was well aware the Provincial Council will have nothing directly to do with that subject, and what I said, or intended "to»y, on Friday night was, that should the General Government of the Colony see fit to remodel the present system of taxation throughout the Colony, I hoped they wonld remove the present anomalous taxes from the mining community, as I consider the present system obstructive to the best interests of the Province. On taxation in general, and provincialism in particular, I thought myself sufficiently explicit when I stated that my only object in referring to this subject was, that should anything indirectly or ever so remotely come belore the Council bearing on these questions, the constituents of Greymouth might know which aide I would take, knowing full well that that body will not have to deal directly with those subjects. : I am, &c, Charles Woolcook. Greymouth, 12th January, 1874.