The Sheep Tax.
THiB FARMERS GRATIFIED. IJie proposed! abolitioo of the sheep tax is reckoned a matter for oongra- 1 tiulatiiom aimong faaioiers, and memibers/ of the New Zealand Fanners' Union ' which has long agitated for relief/are 1 pleased ,:ati c th e suocees that has at tended jte efforts. The President of ike <3|irtier.bury Uuiou has stated that it was gratifyino- to find that the' Government had at last granted whajb' the Union, had aU along contended 1 for, the abolition of the sheep tax. !• j It had "been imposed to provide funds' lor the .eradication of scab, which had long ceased to existi. The farmr ers: would appreciate the action of the Gwenanent in abolishinp what was purely a class tar, and ip proving -that it! desired to deal fairly with one of the colony's chief industries.
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Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10302, 24 July 1907, Page 2
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