HARD BUT JUST.
COMMENT IN PRESS. (From Daventry.) The early London Press comments on the Budget accord it a cordial reception, all newspapers laying emphasis oil tho fact that it indicates the willingness of the British people to bear whatever burdens the war may impose. The London Times comments: It is a hard but just Budget. In a broadcast, Sir John Simon reminded his listeners that it was the most expensive war of all time, entailing an expenditure of £5.500.000 a day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 124, 24 April 1940, Page 9
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82HARD BUT JUST. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 124, 24 April 1940, Page 9
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