. To our mind, if a man leaves an estate worth £500,000 in this country, hi* heirs,- who, in general, may be said to have, contributed nothing towards the accumuiatioh,' should, be prepared to payTmore than' JBSOjOOO for the privilege of inheriting iti And it must be remembered that an estate left by a hus band.tb hisTwifelpays no duty at all, while' estatesT left toichildfan or grandchildren ':pay.bnly- : half thi scneduled rates. The community, which really creates the values of -estates in many instances, receives an entirely inadequate portion of them as its share, andlherecan be no reasoiuble objection' to a .very substantial increase of the rates in the higher ;ral2s of the schedjde. — "Lytelton T mos."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 November 1908, Page 3
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