Two working men were discussing the Dominion’s offer of a battleship in Dunedin, last week, says the “Star.” Opinion was hot unfavorable except as to the hurry displayed in making the offer. . This did not seem necessary, hut the settlement of that point would be arrived at when the Prince Minister explained to Parliament-, “'that can easily stand over till Parliament, * said one •of the men, who had no objection to his words being noted; “but the point wo want to be sure about is how the price of the battleship is to ho paid. To put a tax on the necessaries of file is not fair to tint man with the large family. A hotter plan would be to levy a patriotic rate throughout New Zealand, to he collected by the local bodies.. This would be a fairer way. AiuJL” he concluded, “let the rate be lafgc:enough to remain in force until the battleship is paid for, -so that we shall not bequeath the price of our patriotism as a debt for future generations to pi'iv for us*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2471, 8 April 1909, Page 5
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