APPEAL OF POESY.
A TAXPAYER’S AYOES. VERSE—AND A REPLY. Received Alay 14, 1.40 p.m. SYDNEY, Alay 14. Tlie example of a Alelbourne person who, in Alarch last, successfully appealed in verse for an extension of time in which to pay his taxes has been followed by a ratepayer of Hunters Hill, Sydney, with like success. The taxpayer invited the aldermen to morning tea at his home, and to inspect the footpath, adding: “Our pilgrim feet must daily tread This avenue of woes, Where two-edged flints lie passively In wait for martyred toes.” One alderman, emulating the Victorian Tax Commissioner, replied in verse, concluding: “But if you want it soon to be (Mark the Aldermen’s cheer) Then please cut out the morning tea Our hobby still is beer.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 139, 14 May 1936, Page 7
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