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Robert Menzies is depicted as Little Jack Horner, cutting into a large pie. He is surrounded by representations of the six state Premiers, of which Henry Bolte is most prominent, holding plates expectantly. A bird outside the window holds a sign: Rush to invest in C’wealth Loan.
It’s a bigger pie, Jack Horner, so there should be bigger plums for us!

The Herald, 13 February 1963

The annual negotiations between the federal Loan Council and the state governments for the allocation of revenue had begun.