MOTOR TAXATION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 July 1925, Page 9

MOTOR TAXATION.

PRINCIPLE MUST STAND. BUT METHODS MAY CHANGE. PRIME; MINISTEP,’S DECLARATION. UiV XISI.JSGBAFH i'KiiSS ASSOCIATION • AY ELLINGiG'N, July 16. “In regaia to- iuie ‘Heavy tnuiic oyiaws, tli.eie is no eiiaiice of the principle being aitere-a. i lie amount oi capital expenueu on the roans is sucii tLait it makes j,t imperative ior tjie ciovernmenit Pa take a tiennite istana. ’ Such was the statement made by the Eiiine Minister (Mr. Coates) in replying to a deputation from mail contractors, which waited on hint today with reference to motor taxation. The deputation submitted that if a tire tax were based on weight and not on price it would provide an even income. Mr. Coates said lie did not agree with that view. It was nob a sound tax. The petrol txa eras the soundest, and the only one that correctly recorded speed, weight and distance. He would not say the present system was perfect. He wanted to get all the information available. He thought they would have to modify the taxes in future. At present they were feeling their way, and in the end he had no doubt they would be able to get a good system.