PREMIER'S MOTOR CAR.
"THE BIGHT TO UTTOERPAT." PREROGATIVE OF DEMOCRACY NEW TOKK, September IT. American newspapers are not inclined to regard over-seriously the . reports, from.London that the British Prime "Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonaM, has been made a shareholder in a Scot-tish-biscuit enterprise. The New York "Times" this morning, says the motive "behind the gift, as described by Mr. MacDonald, is undoubtedly correct, namely, that it was for the upkeep of a motor car needed by the Prime Minister for his j efficient public service. The "Times" adds that Mr. MacDonaWs recent public services to the cause of European peace are "easily worth the price of the best motor car on the market." The paper goes on to say the incident reflects a situation familiar to America, where: men of exceptional talent are often compelled to withdraw from the public service- because of their duty; to their families. It asserts.that in every country there are able public servants ■who are financed by their friends, that is: to say;, who oorroWifrpm their friends." "The right tp : under-pay a good servant is one of the most jealously guardea prerogatives- of democracy, ,1 the : a?Scle j i concludes-—.(Beater.); - j
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 222, 18 September 1924, Page 5
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