NATIVES PROTEST
AGAINST NEW POLL TAX. By Telepraph—Pvf-p« Association—Ccpvright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received August 19. 9.10 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, August IS. The native and coloured population of Johannesburg is strongly protesting against the new poll tax passed by the Provincial Council. A meeting resolved not to pay the poll tax until the legality of taxation without representation had been tested. It was decided to ask the Government to prosecute one of their number as a test case.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19210819.2.62
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 16508, 19 August 1921, Page 7
Word Count
79NATIVES PROTEST Star (Christchurch), Issue 16508, 19 August 1921, Page 7
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in