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Tea Tax
Wo were wondering how long .it
would be before the sacrilegious hands
of the tax-gatherer would be ' laid
upon the poor man's beverage.
But we no longer wonder-the blow
has fallen and it ls a "tap on the
point," or the teapot.
: Tea ls to receive Its baptism of taxa-
tion in the levying of a duty of 4d.
per lb. The primage duty of 21 per
cent.. is .to _be . increased and Bundry
other promiscuous taxes will be added.
Teablbbers will therefore have to pay
at least ld. extra for their- Bohea.
Australia ls the greatest tea drinking
country In the world, for we now have
morning tea, breakfast tea, ll o'clock
tea, lunch tea, afternoon tea, . dinner
tea and nightcap tea-sometimes.
Australians consume about 50.000,000
pounds of tea per annum! The ditty on'
this will realise about £825.000.
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