Mr. Asquithf has done worse than merely reckon on an automatic increase of rovenuo which ho has 110 right to reckon upon. Ho takes 110 account of that automatic increase in expenditure which tho merest novice in finance can foresee. 0110 would havo imagined, from Mr. Asquith's Budget statement that it had'nevor struck him, though it has struck everyone elso in tho kingdom, that next year wo shall be forced to face tho question of a very largo increase in tho shipbuilding veto-for tho Navy, and that unless we are prepared to lose the command of tho sea wo must make a very, heavy bid in the international auction-room. —"Spectator."
'Tis the ploughman who follows tho plough, ■ While the dairymaid .'is milking the coughi And the dear little lambs, Who ran after their danibs, While the little pigs follow the'sough! And tho farmers all follow each other, I'm euro, ' In getting for Winter Woods Peppermint
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 241, 4 July 1908, Page 9
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