CHEERFUL TAXPAYERS
NOT ONE WORD OF BUDGET WHEN RUGBY HELD; THE STAGE. MR. FORBES HAD DUAL INTEREST. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. “I v.t.9 interested in the large gathering at Atlletic Park,” sa"l the Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. v orb>»3, at the dinner to the British team ou Saturday night. “I also had another interest in it. There is .a little r’lnig cal lei amusement tax, which the Government gathers. I have never seen such a happy gather ng of taxpayers in my life. In the who.a gatke’.ng there was not one who had a word to say about the Budget, To-day was the day of Rugby football, and that held the stage against anything. “The Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Leader of the Labour Party and others of the more >r less notorious characters were, forgotten. The heroes of the-day were Foitcr arid the others who were playing the game.” '■
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1930, Page 11
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