South Australia - Taxation
"By Whom Can We be Taxed" is in the Southern Australian,
10 November 1838, page 3a,
"Colonial Taxation" in the Southern Australian,
20 September 1842, page 2a.
"Rural Taxation" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
4 April 1850, page 2e.
"The Odious Dray Tax" is discussed in the Register,
23 March 1850, page 2c,
2, 17, 19 and 24 April 1850, pages 4b, 3c, 3e and 3d,
21 and 22 May 1850, pages 2c and 2e,
5 June 1850, page 3e.
A Land Tax is commented upon on in the Register,
31 May 1850, page 2c and
the Sand Tax on
9 March 1854, page 2g; also see
Observer,
31 January 1857, page 6b.
"Direct Taxation" is in the Register,
31 July 1857, page 2d,
1 August 1857, page 3f; also see
Observer,
4 and 25 December 1858, pages 6b and 6a,
15 January 1859, page 6b,
Register,
23 December 1858, page 2c,
10 January 1859, page 2g,
29 October 1859, page 2f,
5 March 1860, page 2f,
24 April 1860, page 3a,
26 and 30 May 1860, pages 2f and 3d,
Observer,
10 March 1860, page 6a,
2 June 1860, page 6a,
Register,
3 July 1862, page 2b.
"Taxation Schemes" is in the Observer,
24 September 1864, page 6b.
The subject is discussed under the heading "A Leading Question" in the Register,
10 January 1865, page 2c; also see
21 January 1865, pages 2g-3e,
1 and 9 February 1865, pages 2d and 2b,
6 March 1865, page 3g,
29 May 1865, page 2e,
Advertiser,
10 June 1865, page 2e,
27 and 29 May 1878, pages 4f and 6e,
3 and 10 June 1878, pages 5b-7b and 4e-6g.
"The Debate on Taxation" is in the Chronicle,
25 September 1869, page 8a.
A political meeting at Crystal Brook is reported in the Observer,
2 June 1877, pages 13b-19e.
"Taxation" is in the Chronicle,
4, 11 and 18 May 1878, pages 5b, 5a and 4b,
31 August 1878, page 6b.
"The Government Taxation Policy" is in the Observer,
3 August 1878, page 10b;
also see 10 and 17 August 1878, pages 19d and 3a,
"The Working Man and Taxation" on 31 August 1878, page 10c.
Property and Income Tax" is in the Register,
27 August 1878, page 1c (supp.).
Opinions of members of parliament on taxation are in the Register,
6 August 1878, page 6e; also see
17 August 1878, page 6c.
The subject is further debated in the Register,
21, 26, 27, 27, 28 and 30 August 1878, pages 4d, 4c-5e, 6c, 1c (supp.), 4e and 4f,
3, 4 and 24 September 1878, pages 4e, 4f and 4d,
5, 28 and 29 November 1878, pages 4d, 4e-6e and 5f,
7 October 1879, pages 4d and 6f,
Observer,
11 October 1879, page 12a.
A feature article headed "The New Taxation Bill - By a Colonist of 1839" is in the Register,
17 October 1879, page 5f,
Advertiser,
11 and 15 March 1881, pages 4d and 4d,
20 October 1881, page 4e.
"Illegal Taxation" is in the Register,
9 December 1880, page 4e.
"Land Taxation" is in the Observer,
16 April 1881, page 688e.
Also see Register,
11 and 19 April 1881, pages 4f and 7d for a discussion on "Land Taxation",
17 August 1881, pages 4e-5c,
30 September 1881, pages 4d-5b,
27, 31 July 1883, pages 4f and 4e-6e,
2, 6, 8 and 13 August 1883, pages 2a (supp.), 4e, 7e and 4d,
4 September 1883, page 7d,
25 September 1883, page 4d,
3, 8, 10 and 12 October 1883, pages 4e, 6g, 4e and 4c.
"The Taxation of the Australasian Colonies" is in the Register,
16 September 1882, page 4e;
also see 19 September 1882, page 4f.
"The Government and the Taxation Scheme" is in the Register,
27 and 31 July 1883, pages 4f and 4e,
Observer,
8 September 1883, page 24b.
"The Land and Taxation" is in the Register,
6, 13, 14 and 21 August 1883, pages 4e, 4d, 4e and 4e,
9 and 27 October 1883, pages 4e and 4e,
13 November 1883, page 4e,
16 and 19 August 1884, pages 4f and 7a,
3 September 1884, page 4f,
8, 10 and 13 October 1884, pages 4f, 4e and 4g.
"Public Business and the Taxation Scheme" is in the Register,
14 and 16 November 1883, pages 4d and 4e.
The rejection of a taxation Bill by the Legislative Council prompted the Editor of the Register on 15 February 1884 at page 4e to suggest that:
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The members of the popular chamber should say with one voice - "We will not allow the Council to legislate simply in the interests of the richer and against the poorer classes, and we will not allow that Chamber to dictate the financial policy of the country...".
Also see Register,
17 and 19 March 1884, pages 4e,
Advertiser,
13 May 1884, page 4d,
Register,
3 and 17 June 1884, pages 4e and 4f,
1 July 1884, page 4g,
16 August 1884, page 4f,
2 September 1884, page 4d,
12 December 1884, page 4e,
2 and 18 February 1885, pages 5g and 6d,
23 May 1885, page 4d.
"A Beer Tax" is in the Register,
27, 29 and 30 August 1884, pages 4f, 4d and 5c-e-7b,
3, 4, 5 and 9 September 1884, pages 2h (supp.), 6f, 7b and 7a-b.
"The Upper House on Taxation" is in the Register,
6 and 7 November 1884, pages 4d and 4d.
"The New Taxation Department" is in the Register,
18 November 1884, page 4e,
8 December 1884, page 4e.
"The Taxpayer and the Taxes" is in the Register,
14 January 1885, page 4f,
"The Tax Act" on 17 January 1885, page 4g,
"The Tax Regulations" on 22 and 31 January 1885, pages 4e-6e and 6g,
"The Land Tax" on 24 January 1885, page 4d,
"The Taxation Returns" on 2, 21 and 28 February 1885, pages 4f, 4h and 4h,
"The Taxation Department" on 7 February 1885, page 4f,
"Tax on the Farmers" on 4 March 1885, page 4d,
"Taxation Objections" on 10 and 11 March 1885, pages 4f and 4g,
"The Taxation Meeting" on 14, 17 and 18 March 1885, pages 4g, 4f and 4d-6c,
"The Land and Income Taxes" on 22 May 1885, page 4g,
5 August 1885, page 4e.
"A Chat With the Commissioner of Taxes" is in the Register,
7 February 1885, page 6,
12 March 1885, page 6c,
"Land and Income Tax" in the Express,
9 February 1885, page 3e.
"The New Taxes" is in the Register,
11 August 1855, page 4e.
Further information on the subject is in the Register, 11, 19, 25 and 28 August 1885, pages 4e, 4e, 6b and 6a, 8 October 1885, page 4d:
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The present Ministry have evidently adopted the motto of a very senseless pamphlet written by Dr Johnson, "Taxation and Tyranny". They seem to be anxious to carry us back to the old days when the measure of a King's incompetency to govern was the measure of tyranny he tried to exercise over his people.
Taxation and Tyranny" is in theRegister,
8 October 1885, page 4d.
Also see Register,
21 and 25 November 1885, pages 4e and 4f,
23 January 1886, page 4e,
1, 4 and 10 March 1887, pages 4e, 4e and 4d,
7 June 1887, page 6g,
31 July 1888, page 6d,
3 August 1888, page 7c,
12 January 1889, page 7a,
1 March 1890, page 4f,
Advertiser,
14, 17 and 28 June 1886, pages 4c, 7d and 4d,
20 July 1886, page 4d,
12 July 1887, page 4d.
"The Farmers and Taxation" is in the Register,
27 and 28 April 1886, pages 7g and 7f.
"Taxation on Bachelors" is in the Advertiser on
2, 5 and 7 July 1886, pages 7d, 3e and 7c,
4, 6, 17 and 24 November 1890, pages 7d, 6e, 7c and 7c,
11 July 1899, page 4h,
29 May 1901, page 4d,
25 September 1917, page 4d,
31 March 1921, page 9g,
4 April 1921, page 9e,
13 January 1927, page 8g,
3 April 1928, page 12h.
Also see Register,
27 September 1913, page 14e;
sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
November 1890, page 160.
"The Land and Income Tax" is in the Register,
4 November 1885, pages 4e-5f,
7 January 1886, page 4f,
"The Taxation Assessments" on 5 November 1885, page 4e,
"The Taxpayer in Trouble" on 7 November 1885, page 4e,
"The Taxation Bill" on 21 November 1885, page 4e,
"Taxation and the Taxpayers" is in the Register,
2 and 4 December 1885, pages 4e and 5a,
"A Few Facts About Taxation" on 2 and 4 January 1886, pages 4g and 4f,
"The Income-Tax Returns" on 30 January 1886, page 4f,
4 February 1886, page 5a.
"Direct Taxation" is in the Register,
15 June 1886, page 4e.
"Exemption from Land/Income Tax" is in the Register,
21 October 1886, page 3g.
"Taxation on Necessaries" is in the Advertiser,
5 April 1887, page 6f.
"A Property Tax" is in the Register,
1 March 1887, page 4e,
"The Taxation Bill" on 14, 15 and 17 December 1887, pages 4g, 4f and 4e,
"The Income Tax Returns" on 19 January 1888, page 4f,
9 January 1889, page 4f,
"Taxation and Revenue" on 5 March 1888, page 4g.
"Taxation Reform" is in the Register,
30 May 1889, page 4f.
"The Taxation Policy" is in the Register,
1 March 1890, page 4f,
Observer,
8 and 22 March 1890, pages 25a and 25b.
"Single Tax League" is in the Register,
14 March 1890, page 4e, 24 April 1890, pages 4g-5a-7a,
"A Progressive Land Tax" on 21 and 25 March 1890, pages 4f and 7h,
21 May 1890, page 4e,
31 July 1890, page 4e, 1,
5 and 6 August 1890, pages 4g, 4f and 4e.
"The Land and Taxation" is in the Register,
4 September 1890, page 4e,
Observer,
6 September 1890, page 25c.
"What is the Taxation Policy" is in the Register,
30 June 1891, page 4f.
"The Government Taxation Policy" is in the Observer,
15 August 1891, page 25b.
"The New Government Taxation Scheme" is in the Register,
14, 18, 19 and 27 August 1891, pages 4e-5a, 4g, 4f and 4e.
"Taxation of Property" is in the Register,
12 September 1891, page 4e,
Observer,
19 September 1891, page 24d.
"Taxation Tangles" is in the Register,
14 July 1892, page 4e.
"The Proposed Death Duties" is in theRegister,
23 August 1892, page 4f,
18 November 1892, page 4e,
12 July 1893, page 4f,
25 October 1893, page 4e,
13 November 1893, page 4h,
12 April 1894, page 6c.
"The Taxation Schemes" is in the Register,
24 November 1892, page 4e.
"Taxation Problems" is in the Register,
30 March 1893, page 4e,
Observer, 1 April 1893, page 24d,
"The New Taxes" on 11 August 1894, page 24e.
"The Government's Taxation Policy" is in the Register,
9 June 1893, page 4g,
"The Taxation Bills" on 19 and 29 September 1893, pages 4e and 4e,
"The Progressive Taxes and Absentees" on 20 September 1893, page 4e,
"The Taxation Debate" on 22 September 1893, page 4f,
"The Taxation Schemes" on 27 September 1893, pages 4f-5b.
"The New Customs Duties" is in the Register,
11 August 1894, pages 4f-7a.
"The New Taxes" is in the Register,
10 August 1894, page 4f.
"The Beer Tax" is in the Register,
31 August 1894, page 4f,
6 September 1894, page 4e.
"The New Customs Duties" is in the Register,
5 September 1894, page 4f.
"The Absentee Tax" is in the Observer,
8, 15 and 22 September 1894, pages 12b, 24c and 24c.
"The Progressive and Absentee Taxes" is in the Register,
12, 19 and 28 September 1894, pages 4e, 4e and 4e,
3, 10, 15, 18 and 31 October 1894, pages 4f, 4e, 4e, 4f and 4f,
9 and 16 November 1894, pages 4e and 4e-6b.
"The Progressive Tax Bill" is in the Observer,
6, 13 and 20 October 1894, pages 24e, 24c and 24c,
3 November 1894, page 24c.
"The Taxation Debate" is in theRegister,
21 and 26 September 1894, pages 4e and 4e.
"The Standard Tax Act" is in the Observer,
19 January 1895, page 29d,
"Complaints Against the Taxation Department" on 19 January 1895, page 31c.
"The Taxation Office" is in the Observer,
9 February 1895, page 13a,
"Taxes and Rates" on 9 February 1895, page 25b.
"Increasing the Income Tax" is in the Register,
1 November 1895, page 4f.
Biographical details of Arthur Searcy, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, are in the Observer,
25 January 1896, page 16d.
"Reducing the Income Tax" is in the Register,
13 November 1896, pages 4g-7a.
"Taxation and the Paying of the Piper" is in the Register,
16 November 1897, page 4d.
"Income Tax Returns" is in the Register,
2 February 1898, page 4h.
"The Income Tax" is in the Express,
6 April 1898, page 3e.
"The Taxation Commission" is in the Register,
5 September 1900, page 4c.
"The Proposed Taxes" is in the Register,
3 April 1902, page 4d,
Observer,
12 April 1902, page 33a.
"The Proposed New Taxes" is in the Register,
15 and 16 August 1902, pages 4d and 8f.
"Taxes and Tact" is in the Register,
3 October 1902, page 4d,
"Taxation" on 22 October 1902, page 4c.
"The Land Tax" is in the Register,
16 October 1903, page 4d.
"The Taxation Proposals" is in the Register,
1 November 1904, page 4b.
"Land Taxation" is in the Observer,
5 January 1907, page 31d.
"Progressive Land Tax Proposals" is in the Register,
13 November 1907, page 5d;
also see 19 November 1907, page 4b.
"The Income Tax - New Proposals" is in the Register,
14 and 23 October 1908, pages 8e and 4e,
27 November 1908, page 4d.
An obituary of A.H. Stan(s)bury is in the Register,
1 July 1909, page 5c,
Observer,
3 July 1909, page 40a.
"The Taxation Proposals" is in the Register,
23 September 1910, page 6d,
12 and 26 November 1910, pages 12d and 12e.
Biographical details of L.A. Wells are in the Register,
3 December 1910, page 15c.
"Taxation Proposals" is in the Register,
5 December 1911, page 6d.
"State Taxation" is in the Register,
13 and 18 November 1915, pages 8c and 4b,
Observer,
20 November 1915, page 31d,
11 December 1915, page 32a.
A proposed tax on motor cars is discussed in the Register,
19 October 1915, page 4e,
26 November 1915, page 4g,
Advertiser,
26 November 1915, page 6h,
Register,
15 July 1925, page 9f,
1 November 1928, page 9a.
An "Amusement Tax" is in the Chronicle,
22 July 1916, pages 16e-33b,
The Mail,
22 July 1916, page 11a,
19 August 1916, page 5a,
Register,
3 October 1917, page 6c,
21 June 1919, pages 8d-11f,
6 October 1919, page 6b,
18 February 1924, page 6d,
28 and 29 March 1928, pages 13a and 13g,
Advertiser,
27 August 1928, page 18f,
10 September 1929, page 16e.
"Taxation Anomalies" is in the Register,
25 May 1916, page 4b.
"Taxation" is in the Register,
16 October 1917, page 4b-f.
"State Income Tax" is in the Register,
31 January 1918, page 4h,
7 and 12 February 1918, pages 4h and 5e.
"A Taxpayers' Association" is in the Register,
18 October 1919, page 6e.
"Taxpayers and the State Purse" is in the Register,
1 April 1921, page 6d.
"Inequitable Land Taxation" is in the Register,
25 and 26 May 1921, pages 6f and 9g.
"Land Taxation in Australia" is in the Register,
28 April 1923, page 12c,
1, 3 and 5 May 1923, pages 9e, 9d and 10c.
"State Income Tax" on
6, 7 and 8 November 1923, pages 12f, 9g and 8d.
Biographical details of E.H. Cornish, taxation commissioner, are in the Register,
29 May 1924, page 9g,
of R.W. Smith, taxation commissioner, on 1 July 1924, page 9d.
"The Horse-Drawn Vehicle Tax" is in the Advertiser,
18 March 1926, page 12i.
"Taxation Proposals" is in the Register,
2 December 1925, page 14a.
An obituary of R.W. Smith, a former commissioner of taxation, is in the Register,
12 December 1925, page 9b.
"The New Taxation" is in the Register,
24 November 1926, page 8f.
"New Taxation - Women and Small Incomes" is in the Register,
18 January 1928, page 9c,
"Paying the New Taxes" in the Advertiser,
31 July 1931, page 20e.
"SA People Among Heaviest Taxed in World" is in The Mail,
3 June 1933, page 4.
