LAND TAX RETURNS.
OBLIGATION IGNORED. CONVICTIONS AT t HAMILTON, fax TELZQBJ&3i.— OWS COSE.Z37ONDEKT.] -' - HAHIX.TON. Fntfay. : ' "" Failure to make the statutory returns of land as required by the Taxation Depart-' ;: ment led to prosecutions in the Hamilton ', Court to-day. Eleven cases were called but in a number there was no proof of service, and they ware adjourned. On behalf of the Taxation Department ■ Mr. H. T. Gillies said that the prosecu-, ' tions had been brought to bring home to the public that they must make their returns in time r Evgry case of delay meant • extra work for the department, necessitating a larger, staff iihich of course meant a' further burden on the country. It was not suggested that there had been any wil- ': • ful intent to evade payment. The following were each fined the minimum, £2, with costs 7s and solicitor's fee -,! .-" ■ £2 2a:—William Joseph Hutt, Daniel , : Nichol, William Egan and Harold Joseph • Crowther. . ''V%.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 8
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155LAND TAX RETURNS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 8
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