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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22585, 13 March 1948, Page 5

BRITISH BUDGET.— The Lord President of the Council, Mr. Herbert Morrison, told the House of Commons that the Budget would'be presented on April 6. IRISH POLITICIAN DEAD—The death has occurred of Mr. George Noble Plunkett, a hereditary papal count; aged 97, Irish author and politician, who spent many terms in English and Irish prisons for revolutionary activities. DANISH MEAT FOR BRITAIN.—The Danish Charge D’Affaires in Wellington. M. Karl I. Eskelund, referring to a cable message this week stating that an agent for the British Ministry of Food, Mr. G. E. Holmes, had admitted at Brighton that Britain was being forced to buy inferior meat from Denmark, says that the statement is quite incorrect. He adds that the delivery of butter and bacon from Denmark to Britain has not been made conditional on her purchase of meat, nor has Denmark in any other way endeavoured to force Britain to buy Danish meat. Diamond Rings and Dress Rings. Call and see our selection. A. Stoneham Gisborne-V""'''