NO VESTED RIGHT.
HIGHWAYS BOARD AND PETROL TAX. By Telegraph—Pr»ss AssociationWELLINGTON. August 6. Representatives of the Farmers’ Union, Sheepowners’ Federation, the Employers Association, and the Counties’ Association met the Prime Minister to place before him the decision of the combined conference. Replying, the Hon. G. W. Forbes said the present financial position demanded things being done that would not have been done in ordinary circumstances. The petrol tax of 4d was allowed to the Highways Board. That was not to say that any additional taxation on petrol was the property of the Board. To say there was a vested right in any system of taxation was unsound. It was necessary that relief should be given to the Consolidated Fund. The Highways Board would not be affected. In regard to the request for a change in the incidence of taxation, he thought they would agree that the present was not a time to make such a change, which would be a big thing indeed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 16639, 7 August 1930, Page 3
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