THE MIDAS TOUCH

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22883, 2 December 1939, Page 17

THE MIDAS TOUCH

[By WHIM-WHAM.]

(SPECTAIXT 'WRITTEN FOR THE PRESS.)

“We are not bothered about finding money within the country.”—The Hon. P. C. Webb, Minister for Labour, at Auckland. I am not versed in State Affairs, • My little Worries, Griefs and .Cares Are Trifles when compared with Those , The Minister for Labour knows: At any Rate, The Cabinet Gould liquidate My private Debt (Though, sad to state, It hasn’t yet) With less than it w’ould spend to meet The Minister’s expenses Sheet. Oh happy Mr Webb, on whom. Descends no deep financial Gloom; Untroubled by a Lack of Money, His Talk is all of Milk and Honey While,l pursue Without an End The Bob or two I need to spend (And so do you, My patient Friend) — In fact, financial Deprivation li mj[ poetic Inspirations

There’s Lots of Money to be found In Places where such Things abound: In Banks, in Budget Estimates, That wondrous Store of Wealth awaits Possession by Some lucky Man; But though I try The best I can, I find that I Am Also Ran— Oh Mr Webb! Induce, I beg, i [The Goose to lay a Golden Egg!