POETIC PLEA.
MEETS POETIC RESPONSE. (Received 12 noon.) SYDNEY, this day. The example of a Melbourne taxpayer who successfully appealed in verse for an extension of time in which to pay his taxes has been followed by a ratepayer in Huntershill, Sydney, with like success. The taxpayer invited the aldermen to morning tea at his home, and to inspect his footpath, adding:— Our pilgrim feet must daily tread This avenue of woes, Where two-edged flints lie passively In wait for martyred toes. One of the aldermen, emulating the Victorian Tax Commissioner replied in verse, undertaking that he and his colleagues would inspect the footpath and concluding:— But if you want it soon to be (Mark tlie aldermen's cheer), Then please cut out the morning tea, Our hobby still is beer.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1936, Page 7
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130POETIC PLEA. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1936, Page 7
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