POLL TAX ON ALIENS.
LIABILITY OF BHIPPUia OOUPAKIIB,
irn nni umoutiov.l Wu&ararov, Ootober 5. In Bunco to-day, before the Ohief Justioe, Messrs. Bannatyne and 0»representing the Tyser Co., sought a ruling as to their right toreoorer £3OO paid by then u poll tax on ttmt Chinese, belonging to the crew of the stumer Indralem, who cut away from that vessel while berthed at Queen's wharf, Wellington, The plain* tiffs had been since advised that there was no statutory law ef this colony which would warrant a claim Mod* upon them, and now asked the Ooort to decide whether the (Mooter at Customs had been entitled to inks tin demand. The legal argument ma Ml oonoluded when the Court adjourned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 206, 6 October 1900, Page 2
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119POLL TAX ON ALIENS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 206, 6 October 1900, Page 2
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