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(Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, July 16 The Council of the Chamber of Commerce has resolved to protest against the income tax on consignments sold in N. Z. on principle, and that if the tax is to be enforced then a tax of 5 per cent on an average profit of 5 per cent would be simpler aud easier of adjustment. John Davis, a young man, has been killed at Coromandel by the fall of a tree. WELLINGTON, July 16. MrJ.H. Baker, Commissioner of Crown Lands here, will shortly retire. The mails which left Auckland on 13th June, arrived in London on the 14th inst. a day ahead of contract. CHRISTCHURCH, July 16. Abraham George Jagoe has been committed for trial on a charge of perjury in a civil case heard on July 9th, also on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by attempting to procure several persons to give false evidence. The weather to-day was bitterly cold with frequent showers of hail and sleet. DUNEDIN, July 16. A good deal of snow fell this afternoon.
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Southland Times, Issue 13509, 17 July 1896, Page 2
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180TELEGRAMS Southland Times, Issue 13509, 17 July 1896, Page 2
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