VERY SEVERE BLOW.
THE NEW LAND TAX.
PROTEST BY FARMERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) FEILDING, Aug. 10. The Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union has adopted a resolution that the proposed super-tax on the unimproved value of land should start at £20,000 instead of £12,500. The executive has also protested against the income tax being imposed as alternative in good years. Speakers claimed that the Budget proposals were -the severest blow farmers had ever received. One speaker said farmers would retrench and thus swell the unemployed ranks. The executive also passed a resolution urging the Minister of Justice to make the penalty for sheep-stealing imprisonment without the option of a fine.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19290810.2.16
Bibliographic details
Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17660, 10 August 1929, Page 4
Word Count
111VERY SEVERE BLOW. Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17660, 10 August 1929, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Thames Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.