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THE LAND AND INCOME TAX.

• • . . • / . ■ ; r .' "• ::■ [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] ,' -fi Wellington, Saturday.. A discussion took place at the 'Trades Council meeting last night upon the report of a committee who advocated the holding *«'"%■? of a joint conference between societies and unions interested in a proposal to increase • the land and income tax. The president , of the council, Mr. W. Naughton, urged , . caution in taking any steps j which aimed' * , : at placing additional .burdens upon farmers.-i That class, lie said, had at present trouble, / f § enough to bear with wool and frozen meat ; iS£fi at the low prices ruling. The time was by; \ M no means opportune for proposing an increase of the land tax. ; . The matter is to be made one of the* subjects for consideration at a proposed local conference, and is also to be remitted ' v to the Easter Conference of Trades Coun- . > cils. - 1. mai ,

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11879, 3 February 1902, Page 4

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THE LAND AND INCOME TAX. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11879, 3 February 1902, Page 4

THE LAND AND INCOME TAX. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11879, 3 February 1902, Page 4