DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 30 August 1939, Page 10

DOMINION NEWS

RACING CLUB’S PROTEST. HASTINGS, August 28. A protest against the proposal of the Government to discontinue the rebate of 1 per cent, hitherto allowed on the total amount invested on the totalisator, and its resultant serious effects on all club’s finances, was made at the annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club last night. A resolution was passed urging the Government to reconsider its proposal. “It is not at all equitable,” said the president, Mr G. D. Beatson . “It will practically mean the death knell to all country clubs.” REFUGEES FLY TO N.Z. AUCKLAND, August 29. Fleeing from the threat of Nazi persecution, a German family of Jewish descent arrived at Auckland by the Maunganui yesterday after a rapid trip of 14 days from Leipzig. Composed of a man, his wife, and their daughter, the family hopes to find a more peaceful existence in New Zealand. Only a few weeks ago the J family was living in Silesia, near the Polish border. Because of their ancestry, life became almost unbearable for them, and they decided to emigrate. They were able to make arrangements to leave the country, and a fortnight ago they boarded a. Dutch air-liner at Leipzig The family arrived in Sydney in nine days, after travelling by two Dutch air lines. They landed at 3 p.m. last Thursday, and the Maunganui sailed an hour later. After a hurried journey from the aerodrome to the city they were able to catch the liner oust before she pulled away from the wharf. TAXATION IN NEW ZEALAND. INVERCARGILL, August 29. The possibility that the limit, of taration had not been reached in New Zealand was mentioned by Mr W. M. C Denham, M.P., at the annual social of the Post and Telegraph Association, Southland section. I don’t know that we are quite finished with taxation yet,” said Mr Denham. “There may be some more jerks coming for the higher-paid people. We want £5,000,000 for defence, and we want money for the iron ana steel works at Onekaka, s 0 that we will be saved the necessity of importing, me individual will perhaps say that we have hit pretty hard, but the taxation will benefit the country’ as a whole. If we go down and you elect in our places other people with another political philosophy the bondholders will say that the standard of living must be reduced. We say that it is no necessary to cut the standard of living and close factories simply because the bondholders tell us that our finance is not sound. There are some people who are slow to understand the great issues at stake. ’ ANGLICAN CAMPAIGN. WELLINGTON, August 29. Two Anglicans, Bishop Cranswick, of Gippsland, Victoria, and Bishop Moyes, of Armadale, New South Wales,’ arrived by the Wanganella from Sydney to conduct evangelistic campaigns at Christchurch and Timaru, at the request of the Bishop of Christchurch. ,