"G. P. Hamlet.--For courage in persisting with dangerous work,
with a certainty of suffering from poisoning as a result."
Just like his illustrious namesake.
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"Melbourne, Friday.
"The House of Representatives to-day passed the second reading of
the War Times Profits Tax Assessment Bill. The tax will be 50
per cent. for the year ending June 30, 191161, and 75 per cent.
for afterwards.--Reuter."
_Aberdeen Paper._
Well, well, we need not worry.
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"What is being fought out is a long-drawn battle for the
important shipping port of Trieste, with the whole of the
railway and road communications of the Iberian Peninsula."
_The People._
Rather a shock for Madrid.
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[Illustration: THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL.
OPTIMISTIC GERMAN _(reading paper)._ "THIS IS KOLOSSAL! OUR IRRESISTIBLE
AIRMEN HAVE AGAIN, FOR THE TWENTIETH TIME, DESTROYED LONDON."
GLOOMY DITTO. "THAT BEING SO, LET'S HOPE THEY'LL STOP THOSE CURSED
BRITISH AIRMEN FROM BOMBING OUR LINES EVERY DAY AND NIGHT."]
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