Sir William Francis Birch, GNZM (born 9 April 1934), usually known as Bill Birch, is a former New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance for several years in the fourth National government.
Read more about Bill Birch: Early Life, Member of Parliament, Retirement
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“Chippenhook was the home of Judge Theophilus Harrington, known for his trenchant reply to an irate slave-owner in a runaway slave case. Judge Harrington declared that the owner’s claim to the slave was defective. The owner indignantly demanded to know what was lacking in his legally sound claim. The Judge exploded, ‘A bill of sale, sir, from God Almighty!’”
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“The birch begins to crack its outer sheath
Of baby green and show the white beneath....”
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