Luxury or Necessity?
BAGPIPES DEFINED When asked last evening to define a luxury, Mr. .4. G. Dunn, president of trie Auckland branch of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, replied: l 'l would say diamond rings and bagpipes are luxuries.” Captain Colbeck, who teas sitting in the front roic, reminded: the chairman that bagpipes were a necessity to a Scotsman. Mr. T. Bloodtcorth placed bagpipes in neither category. but classed them among the list of abominations f In deference to the feelings of the Scotch following, members refrained from further definitions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 12
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93Luxury or Necessity? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 12
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