We have only a very indirect control over the finances of the colony ; if we only knew how heavily we were taxed we would seek to reduce the immense waste of public funds that is continually going on. Put in other words, if the head of each household had to pay sixteen pounds a year in hard cash to the Government for taxation, instead of doing as he does now, namely, by paying the same amount through the Customs, he, in combination with fellow-electors, would insist on a wiser disposal of the public funds. In the meantime, spend the funds over which you have control in the wisest way possible, by buying your groceries from Mr J. S. Baxter, who gives the best value in Southland for ready money.
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Southern Cross, Volume 8, Issue 30, 10 November 1900, Page 9
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