MISS BATTEN'S GIFT
Sir, Jim's" letter has "hig the spot." The "sports'.' nil admire Miss Batten and "Uncle Jim" thinks she should have a handsome present By all means let her have one frotn the "sporting" population. Let the sports clubs of all sorts club together and give her a thousand pounds, two thousand, or whatever their generous hearts prompt.. The Government h as no right to give presents to anybody out of the taxes which they "grind from the faces of the poor." Sport appears to be synonymous "with "cash" nowadays. M.C.T.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 12
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93MISS BATTEN'S GIFT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 12
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