FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The escort from Queenstown took down 7480z5. We have' been unable to ascertain the quantity from the Arrow. ***** The want of stamps in the up-country portions of the district is much complained of. We have to add a greater weight to the evils of the stamp taxation system than this. Numerous cases of illegal transactions are coining continually forward committed by persons unintentionally who reside outside the towns, and already fourpenny receipi stamps and even postage stamps, we hear, have been used where the penny receipt stamp could not be procured. We trust something .will no at once done to repeal this obnoxious impost. ***** The number of racehorses present in the district will not be over numerous, but the class they belong to show that we shall not be wrong in looking for sport. The attendance of visitors promises to be good.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3222, 9 January 1917, Page 5
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