DEPRESSION DIPLOMACY.
A/TOST BUSINESS MEN know "*■ the commercial value of a smile and a happy phrase, but optimistic pleasantry in the courts is so rare that almost any judge is willing to pay a substantial reward for a moment of light relief. This at least was the experience of the diplomatic Timaru nurse who was charged with keeping an unregistered maternity hospital. She received a 10 per cent reduction for invoking the Forbes plan and a similar cut by judicious blarney to the magistrate. It is by such tactics, no doubt, that people of enterprise do manage to balance their budgets. The same applies in all personal and business relations. Nothing is gained by pulling a long face in difficult times, for the man who looks for trouble usually gets it, while the cheerful coduer pulls throug’
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 62, 14 March 1931, Page 8
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137DEPRESSION DIPLOMACY. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 62, 14 March 1931, Page 8
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