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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI

VOL. 153

DECEMBER 12, 1917






CHARIVARIA.

A "Company for Oversea Enterprises" has been formed in Hamburg. It has
no connection with the German High Sea Fleet.

***

A guinea a dozen is being offered for rabbits in the Isle of Wight.
Most of them, however, are holding back for a War bonus.

***

A Newcastle man who has been missing for eleven months has just turned
up at his home. He excused himself on the grounds that the tea queue
was rather a long one.

***

There are reports current of an impending strike of brewery workers in
the North. Several employees have threatened to "Down Beer."

***

Confirmation is still awaited of the rumour that several food ships
have recently torpedoed themselves rather than fall into the hands of
the profiteers.

***

The statement that Viscount NORTHCLIFFE has refused

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