N.I. Bananas

To Pay Sales Tax

An Amazing Decision

Australian primary products, such as fruit, are exempt from Sales Tax, yet the tax has been made applicable to Norfolk Island bananas, notwithstand ing that Norfolk is a territory of the Commonwealth.

This amazing situation was discovered on the arrival of the Makambo in Sydney at the end of August. She brought on that trip 300 cases of ban anas, valued at up to 20/- per case, and agents had to pay the tax of 21 per cent.

An agent of the Norfolk Island banana growers is in Sydney, and it is understood that he is making urgent representations to the Federal Govern ment for the removal of the tax.

Reference is made to this subject in our leading article.