"PUNCH " AND THE EMPIRE.
r-9 ■■ ~ OVERSEA ATTRACTIONS AS SEEN BY THE JESTING JOUBNAL. The following amusing satire appears in "Punch":— [The energy with which our oversea Dominions appeal to the \Mother Country to exploit them is malting us daily more familiar with the resources of the Empire.] Wcstralia for husbands! Threo men to every woman. Assisted passages. ■ State honeymoons. Wedding rings under cost: Three square miles, a kangaroo, and a husband. . Fiji for fathers of families. No dressmakers' bills. No matinee hats. Chatham Island. The rich man's refuge. 13,000 miles from Lloyd George. Uganda' for sport. A Zoo at home. Lions' roars lull yon to sleep. Leopards in the larder. Buffalo in the back garden. Gnus in the gneighbourhood. Don't be nervous. Roosevelt and Winston have gone.
Keep cool and go to Labrador. Lowest temperature in the Empire. 100,000 square miles free rinking. Bring the girl and save money. Stop shivering and start, for British Guinnn. Nearest Colony 'to the Equator. Lowest coal hills in the Empire. Wealth and warmth. Rubber. Somaliland. Camel-riding on golden sands. Why go to Blackpool? Warm welcome from local religious leaders. (SI. Mullah, Sole Advertising Agent.) Falkland Islands. Farthest South. A haven of rest. - You cannot get "The Daily Mail" till eight weeks after publication.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 972, 12 November 1910, Page 12
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