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Labor Poet and a Windfall in a Roaring Era
A satirical roundup notes Labour Prime Minister Fisher, banker windfalls for W. G. Brookman from old Associated mine shares, and a string of eclectic items. It jokes about Punch magazine, rail expansion in Western Australia, racehorse politics, and British ignorance abroad, with digs at Melbourne society and Australia’s labor caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Brookman
London
Labor
Melbourne
Fisher
Caucus
Australia
Vancouver
Lloyd's
British Columbia
Canada