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Evening Star, Issue 18035, 1 August 1922, Page 6

Last evening the Momington Literary Society's meeting was presided over by the Hon. G. M. Thomson in the absence of the president. ‘ That the Principle of State Control in Industry has Proved a Failure ’ was very r ably debated by Messrs Watson and Nordlraeyer (affirmative) and Messrs Barrowclough and l Bailey (negative). The debaters badi evidently studied the works of the latest authorities on economics. The good-natured sallies of the contestants were appreciated 1 by the audience. When the discussion was opened to the meeting by the chairman, Messrs Davidson, Cameron, and! Pvussell spoke, each adding interesting details to the subject debated. The • meeting, called on for its opinion, declared by a satisfactory majority in favor of the negative. , . Editor: “ Have you submitted this poem anywhere else?” Poet: “No, sir.” Editor : “ Then how is it you li*ve a black eye and jyaik on, crutches?