BRITISH POLITICS.
Electric Telegraph—Press Association, Copyright. (Received this day' at 8.5 a.m.) London, April 30. The Budget includes the sum of £200,000 to promote afforestation, a similar sum for the new Agricultural Development Department, and £IOO,000 for Labour Exchange buildings. The rebate on petrol w ill be threelralfpence, not a half-penny. In the case of commercial vehicles it Is stated that the tax represents £7 16is on a taxicab per annum, and £ls 12s on a motor bus.
Private cars w ill hereafter pay tw ice to twenty times the former license tee.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 3310, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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