NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 1 October 1915, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

~;;*„*- 1 • ALLEGED LIBEL \ A WRIT FOR £IOOO. AGAINST CHRISTCHURCH "SUN." CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. ;Mi Mr Andrew Pairbairn has issued a B -writ for £IOOO against the "Sun" newsm paper tm alleged libel in critical artiW cles some months ago, with reports of the Cost of Living C'.«::u.;.ssion. NEW STAMP DUTIES. OPERATION OF THE CHARGES. WELLINGTON, Sept. 30. A question by Dr. .Newman as to tlie date on which the new law providing for an extra duty on cneques woulC come into operation, was replied to m the House this afternoon by the Minister for Finance. It was expected, he said, that the. Finance Bill" wuu'd be signed by the Governor to-morrow, and all the new 1 charges there authorised. . unless specially provided for otherwise, would automatically come into! operation forthwith. The new stamp cliarge in regard to cheques woald come into operation on November 1.