WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD
AND PROPOSED TAXATION. MEMBERS INDIGNANT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 24. Mr Harkness, chairman of the Harbour Board, strongly condemned a suggestion by the Taxation Committee that lands owned by local bodies should be taxed. Their position was quite different to lands privately owned, and what was the use of the Harbour Board reclaiming land from the sea if it was to be confiscated by taxation P These and lands given by way of endowment were for the express purpose of producing revenue and easing the charges. The revenue earned by the Harbour Board land was £12,000 yearly, and it would have to pay £II,OOO in taxation, so that practically all the benefit would be lost from it. One or two members saw no objection to the committee’s proposals, but others strongly condemned them. One suggested that they could stand taxation if Government departments paid for the work now done gratuitously for them. The chairman mentioned the privileges claimed by the Government—no wharfage, storage or harbour dues, and so on. Eventually it was decided to discuss the matter further at the next meeting.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16820, 24 August 1922, Page 6
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186WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD Star (Christchurch), Issue 16820, 24 August 1922, Page 6
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