SUPERTAX ON IMPORTS
United Press Assn
FEARED IN AUSTRALIA. Rush To Withdraw Goods.
Eientric Gable Corivriehx
SYDNEY, March 11. Axi unprecedented rush by importers ln. ^dney, Melbourne and Brisbane to withdraw; eoods from hond is takinxr place oiving to a renort that the Fcderal Government intends to impose a simer-tak ott imnorts. Petrol. ti-mber, spirits. tobaoco textiles ^ and other goods are heing releasecl un rtnrn nnr] i"fc is °xnpcted that before tbe tax is imnosed coods of the value at manv miTlionp sterhng wiU have be«n withdrawn within the_ Common wealth. . WIii.sk" importers paHicularlv ai;e ineensed. They claim that whislrt* is
already an over-taxed commodity. It is nnderstood the tax will be known technicallv as primage and will not he ar»Dlierl to iniporfs ^enercilly. foa, foi- example. will be exempted. _ Petrol. motor bodiAS. cnr chassis. musical instruments, iewellery, furs and all Inxurv Ifnes will come within the scope of the tax, the immediate efrect of which will he a great reduction in customs reveriur. This, in turn, mav lead to an increase in direct taxation.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 34, 12 March 1930, Page 7
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175SUPERTAX ON IMPORTS Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 34, 12 March 1930, Page 7
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