The other clay several pieces of household silver were sold by auction, the owner, Mrs J. A. Hall, of Liverpool, refusing to pay income tax, on the ground that she was a married woman arid that the claim was illegal. An unsuccessful effort was made to distrain, and as the husband refused to pay tiro amount for her, distraint was made upon him, the bailiff taking away the silver. As a mark of sympathy with the suffrage movement. the auctioneer refused .to take commission. The total amount received by the British Treasury as conscience money in the financial year - 1910-11 was £2112, compared with £1913 in 1909-10 and £3197 in 1903-9.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3416, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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111Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3416, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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