LUXURY TAX.
HAMPERS BUSINESS IN FRANCE. By C^ble —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 23, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, January 22. There is a possibility of many business places in Mont Martre distiictbeing closed, in the event of the uovernment not reducing the luxuiy tax of 3S per centum on restaurants and cabarets. The almost entire absence of foreign visitors has caused heavy losses, and the proprietors passed a resolution that if the tax were not reduced by Wednesday, their establishments would be closed in. a fortnight, as a protest. In the meantime, unemployment is spreading in France.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 24 January 1927, Page 8
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101LUXURY TAX. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 24 January 1927, Page 8
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