Dunedin's Mayor
IT was a bitter pill of. disappointment that Dunedin had to swallow when
the citizens, of . our Younger Caledonia found that Kingsford- Smith could . not partake of haggis in-: their midst.
However, Dunedin, sporting as ever, determined that— if they could not see the flyers— they would .at least send ; them something to keep their knees warm on, the return flight. Accordingly, four rugs were sent up to Christchurch under the paternal care 'of W. B. Taverner, the mayor. Dunedin ; couldn't have sent a better man than its chief citizen. For Taverner, though entitled to be called "his worship," is one of those homely folk who take neither themselves nor life too seriously.
Even though he dabbles m local politics, he has the gentle art of belng;very human. Not for him are the swelled head and the pompous step that so often go with oflice.
No, sir. He's one of those people it does you good to meet. Yet, withal, he's not a man. any "go-getter." could put anything over.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 6
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172Dunedin's Mayor NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 6
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