PETROL TAX REBATES
farmers find system r INVOLVED
APPEAL to government
That many farmers were not claiming their rebates on the petrol tax, because of the cumbersome procedure which they had to follow when epplyi.no for it, was , h . coneeneue of opinion expressed it the annual North A uckland Dairy Conference at Auckland yeeterday. The Maungaturoto Dairy Company •arwarded a remit urging that a more imole and economic method he “tooted by the Government than the “.at present in use. on w r jr. E. Cullen (Ma ungaturoto) aid that a farmer should be able to “ a declaration before a justice ™*the peace, in the presence of a postmaster who should then be able to Slow the rebate immediately. Contrary to the Government. losing by such a system, it would probably save m< Mr s J. H. Hayward (Maungatapere) -raced the processes through which a farmer's application for rebate had to go It was a most involved task, he *”2 J. Dawson said he lrad never vet had a rebate on account of the Present humbug- He thought that was one reason why the petrol tax had exceeded what was at first anticipated. The conference passed a resolution .oiling on the Government to simplify tii* procedure.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 7
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206PETROL TAX REBATES Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 7
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