The Dear Departed
The daily 5.30 ceremony during which all private bar patrons in town observe two minutes or so of tense silence while they mop up their meagre whisky ration with one eye on the bottle and the other on the barman calls to mind Mr ' W. Howat’s speech at the recent farewell to Mr W. Sullivan, M.P. He app*ealed to Mr Sullivan to use any influence he might have to get the 2i million gallons of Scotch promised by Britain to America reduced by a million and to have that diverted here. “It’s-badly needed in New Zealand—Aye, and in Whakatane!” he declared with a feeling that was obviously shared by the rest of the gathering, who endorsed his sentiments heartily.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 88, 30 August 1948, Page 5
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122The Dear Departed Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 88, 30 August 1948, Page 5
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