The Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Slim:
“Australian families should plant trees to mark the birth of a son. Taxation has killed the old custom of laying down a cellar of port for a son when he was born/’ Sir William told the British Commonwealth Forestry conference. “If I could encourage the Australian people, when a son is born into the family, to lay down a plantation of trees, it would pay them a great deal more than port ever did.”—Alert.
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White Ribbon, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1 May 1959, Page 4
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81The Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Slim: White Ribbon, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1 May 1959, Page 4
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