The Ungrateful Beggar
William Blomfield, New Zealand Observer and Free Lance, 10 February 1900
Reference no: J-040-009

Sir George Reid, New South Wales premier from 1897-99 and Australian prime minister in 1904-05, visited New Zealand in 1900. He, like other Australian politicians, was impressed with the relative prosperity and apprehensive about the Liberals' radical legislative programme.

William Blomfield (1866-1938) began as cartoonist on the Observer in 1887, became part-owner in 1892 and was still working at the weekly until a few days before his death in 1938.

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