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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1933.
LOW AND TERRY ON LEG THEORY
THE HUMOROUS VIEW OF CRICKET DISPUTE
CARTOONIST WATCHES TERRY
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To Sir Oswald Mosley's Black- shirts and Greyshirts, and the Greenshirts of the Kibbo Kift have now been added the Red- On the general question whether coats because the weather was shirts of the Maxtonites. They the "leg-theory bowling la right or uncricketlike. The school is in a cost 5s. 6d. each or £1 10s. the wrong I would like to say, first,large covered enclosure netted off half dozen. Women's blouses are that, in my view of it, there can be into bowling pitches, and the wickets 65. each or £1 78. the half dozen. no two opinions. In all these re-were occupied by schoolboya, who The LLP. Publications Depart-grettable disputes that arise be- were being bowled to by a staff of ment, one read in the organ of tween the English and Australian professional cricketers. When we the party, "will be glad to supply teams the first duty of an English-said we'd come to have the leg- them (cash with order)."
man is to ask: What is the at theory demonstrated to us he said: "Nothing easier! · I'll get one of "Have you got your red shirt titude maintained by the English or blouse yet?" members of the side? and then rally round it my men to bowl it to you so that LL.P. are asked. "Think how Otherwise what is the use of you can have practical experience of the publle It Excuse me!" and he took up bright, a group wearing these patriotism, chivalry, shirts can make a conference hall, school spirit, and all that? the telephone while I arranged with Bs well as being effective adver- It would be a bad day for British Low that I should have first knock.
prestige in India and other colour- "Faulkner School speaking,” said tisements for the movement."
"HAVE Mr. Maxton once wore a paired countries if a party of English the Major on the 'phone. of red · socks in the House.sportsmen, fighting to uphold the two beds ready in about half an They were the gift of a woman honour of the Old Fing thousands of hour, can you?.. Right. Thanks. admirer of his political opinions. miles from home, could not rely on G'byo."
Your Daily Smile.
Delayed Action.
The modern
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the support of their countrymen, So I offered to let Low bat first if whatever they did.
jhe liked. He said, 'No, after you!" In this case the English eleven "Oh, do!" I said; "I don't mind employ the leg-theory, and that is being second.” He said, "Do you Jenough for me--the leg-theory is know, I don't think I'll trouble at watch you," "You're Jafraid, that's what it is." I said. Ho
keeps such late hours that he fine, given under my hand and seal all—I'll
-(Signed) TERRY. generally has his morning-after in |the early evening.
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COULD SELL ANYTHING Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 27, 1933.debte, sets up friction in that de-
BUSINESS MAN: What do you. licate international machinery do with all those pictures you is bad for Americans themselves paint!
Not Unforeseen.
Egypt And The Tana Dam.
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a salesman like you for
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"The modern girl is usually ex- tremely obstinate.". Nowadays a miss is as good as a mule.
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as well as others. When that ARTIST: I sell them, sir. truth is finally beaten into the BUSINESS MAN: Well, name) common mind, Americans shall For at least two years
the be in a position to move toward your terms, my man; I've been look
ing for question of the war debts has a rational and final adjustment
ycara." been rising to plague the United of this unsettled question which] States. It has been a nightmare certainly has no pity for the re- Another Libel. to the Administration at Wash-pose of the United States. ington. It has been a stone of stumbling and rock of offense in Congress. To the American public it has been confused and vexatious, while to economists!
A famous golfer says he doesn't) jand bankers and captains of in-
The Prime Minister of Egypt, like foursomes. dustry it has taken the form of Sidky Pasha, should have no asking, not whether America is difficulty in convincing even the able to collect the debts due the harshest of his critics that the Treasury, but whether it would! not do the country more harm project of the Tana dum is de- than good to receive them if they Egypt, and that the British Gov- signed chiefly for the benefit of
could be collected. All this now
The four states of Queensland, go and live in God-forsaken places In a sentence,” said Major sounds like wisdom after the ernment is taking the normal and New South Wales, Victoria and far away from Loudon at an im- Nicholl, "the leg-theory means that event. But there were
straightforward course in propos-South Australia contain close to 90 pressionable age, and naturally they the bowler, instead of bowling at the who, at the time of America's en- ment should finance its construc-tralia and more than 70 per cent. oriented-n word I've had by me
ing that the Egyptian Govern-per cent. of the population of Aus-don't get their minds properly wicket, bowls straight at the man.” trance into the war and of hertion and be associated from the of its railways,
"Is that so?" I said dropping the supplying credits to the Allies first with the elaboration of the before she could join them with final plan. The project has been
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LOW'S PATENT CRICKET SUIT, suitable for ju coping with the new game as played in the match GENTLEMEN »- SLAYERS", Australia", 1938.
Low thinks differently from this,ļanid, “I am”. So I gave him a look' owing to having once lived in Aus-of scorn and walked to the wicket tralia. That's it, you see-people without a word.
for a long time, hoping for a chance bat. "Straight at the batsman? to use, it, so you must excuse its be-Well, I think that's really all we A Los Angeles inventor's device ing rather dusty. They don't see want to know. There's no need to her own armed forces, had a dis-under consideration for nearly to translate musical notes into dis-the importance of Englishmen pre- take up the Major's time any longer, tinct vision of exactly what has half a century; but it only came plays of coloured light consists of senting a united front to the world, is there, Low? come to pass. The debates in Congress at the time of authorize within sight of realisation five a whirling disk carrying lamps that even if the front is only a dickey. But Low sald it would be ing the loans to the Allies con- of Ethiopia, in whose territory affected by various tones.
years ago, when the Government are awitched on by 44 vacuum tubes Low argued that if the leg theory shame to go away without seeing made the ball hit Australian bots-the thing actually done. The Major tained expressions, by leaders
Lake Tana is altuated, granted
men hard conks on the head instead was fearfully keen, too; and he had Senate, to the effect that they
front drive automo- of hitting the wicket, ita fairness given me my bat again and arreng- ought to be an American gift to build the dam across the Blue bile carries its engine in the rear. was questionable. To which I an-ed four of his men in a close semi- for carrying on what had become Nile. The scheme is of real im-the body being streamlined so that swered that the Australians might circle on my left hand, like warders and that the United portance to Egypt. The Sudan it carries three persons on the front surely reserve that point to be guarding & dangerous convict at States ought not to expect them has at present sufficient water to seat and four on the back.
decided after the tour was over by Dartmoor in a fog, before I could. to be repaid. One United States irrigate as much of its soil as is
a Royal Commission presided over remonstrate.
"The ball, coming at a tremen- Senator, the late Mr. Cummins under cultivation, and only de- Sponsored by the fron and steel by some impartial Englishman like
Their depositions dous speed, is made to rise," he of Iowa, went further. Looking sires to reserve its right to bene-industry of Upper Cilesia, a strong Mr. Larwood.. to the distinct future, he said: fit later from this further regula-campaign has been launched to could be taken, if it were thought went on, "so that it reaches you jurt "I fear that in the years to come tion of the waters of the Blue popularise the use of steel fa dwell-necessary, in hospital as soon. as on a level with your head, inflicting the fact that the United States Nile. The immediate beneficiaries ing construction in Poland. has in its possession bonds of will be Egypt and, in a lesser these great countries, which when degree, Abyssinia. The regula
her war
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On the con-
they emerge from the war will tion of the flow of flood-water water-administrations have been of insular prejudices. all be bankrupt, will create an from Lake Tans is not a matter separate. The British Govern- trary, I have cherished a particular embarrassment from which the of primary importance to ment is fostering the scheme and affection for Australia ever since men of those times will find it Abyssinia; but it is understood to incurring (according to present schooldays on account of the large difficult to escape. I think it be part of the arrangement that arrangements) a certain expendi-chunks of uninhabited country in would cost us more to take those Great Britain should finance the ture for no selfish reasons, but the middle making it so easy to bonds and to hold them against making of a road from Addis in pursuance of its traditional draw.
these governments than it would Ababa to the lake. This under-policy of rendering to the Nile The dispute between us became so cost us to give the money, with taking will not only distribute a valley its maximum of fertility warm that Low suggested it would a generous patriotic spirit, to do considerable sum in wages to The Tana dam scheme is supple-be a good idea to find out what the At first I was something which for the time local Abyssinian, labour, but will mentary to the great engineer leg theory was. being we are unable to do with also bequeath to the Emperor the ing feats which have already against this, on the ground that the desert if we knew what we were talking our own army and our own permanent asset of first-class turned so much of navy."
This day is that pro- communications, where none ex-into cultivated land. And the about it might bins us in one direc- phecy fulfilled in our cars! It isted before, between his capital moment is propitious for this tion or another, a very undesirable has taken many years to show and an important stretch of his great material work of civilisa-thing and contrary to English But Low that Senator Cummina was right dominion. It has been the un-tion to be begun. Of the four notions et air Play. in this matter. It will doubtless swerving policy of British officials parties who are directly Interest said "Pish!" Bo we went down to take a long time to persuade the to safeguard the headwaters of ed in it three-the Ethiopian and Fulham, clearing our way through people of America to come round the Nile for the benefit of Egyp-Sudanese Governments and the solid masses of influenza, to where to his point of view. But their tian agriculture, and there is of White Engineering Corporation-Major Nicholl keeps his School of education is proceeding apace: course not the smallest intention are ready to attend the confer- Cricket, because if anybody would Events at home and abroad have now of departing from that ence which it has been arranged know about the log theory it would been the chief schoolmasters, policy. Already the Gabel Aulia to hold at Addis Ababa. So is be ha. Moreover, Major Nicholl The drop of 50 per cent. in dam has been planned on Sudan the Egyptian Government. But used to be military secretary to the American foreign trade, the re-territory almost exclusively to its nominees have begged to be Governor-general, of Australia, and peated huge deficits in her the advantage of Egypty and excused from going. It would be he could probably tell us what Federal budget, the constant re Egyptian oficials bayes part in ridiculous if prejudice or factious was about the sort to borrowing by the Tres- the regulation of the Nile waters. obstruction were to prevent the made them such good sury made necessary, the swall-]The fact that Sekery, out Gover ent of the country which practise the seg
ing of the national debt by bff their dutie on
lions all these things” have answary, the: served to open even eyes that were 1929 the
The Superman.
defend
Nature in her Inscrutable Law » Tried to create a man without a flaw: She falled, and made a man abword-
ly weird;
Sho stuck upon his chia a sbraggy
beard, She viewed her hand(work with un-
disguised disgust,
And tried to turn him back again to
dast.
With nuts she, fed this /mischief="
making man,
Who seemed in be the blot upon
perfect Fian
In time this man. created' 'quite,
atle
He claimed to be the one who created He treated all with rudeness and
disdain, And wagged his tongue in language
hurtful, plains Considered
himself the MAN OF MEIE on earth;
Provoked much contention, but never
any mirth;
Aspired to live to century and a half, Dry as a dusty cobweb, never learnt This Superman should Ulya within a
to laugh.
might live to long and harms
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