LOW’S HUMOUR PASSES UNSEEN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22241, 29 January 1947, Page 5

LOW’S HUMOUR PASSES UNSEEN

THE ENGLISH SCENE

Complaints of Bias

British Trade Unionists and Socialists are now complaining at what they

allege to be the political bias of Mr. David Low, the brilliant Evening Standard cartoonist, states the London Sunday Express. The article continues: “The Tories have for years been the butt of Low’s humour. Their only complaint was that they should be lampooned in a newspaper which gene ra 11 y supported them, but they saw humour which, apparently, Iheir political opponents do not. The. truth is that Low’s cartoons re-

fleet a large measure of public opinion and while he admires his master, he acknowledges none.”

Allocation of Income

The average man in Britain spends £6l out of every £IOO he earns, said Sir Miles Thomas, vice-chairman of the Nuffield organisation, in a broadcast. The remainder is divided into £23 cash in tax nayments and £l6 saved.

laxation Slide Rule

A British Post Office engineer has invented a slide rule which, he claims, solves all income-tax problems, including pay, in a matter of seconds. Mr. Alan Turner, of Orpington, Kent, produced the rule which answers more simple problems and has ~lso developed one that does away with such difficulculties as family allowances, and rebates. The tax is worked out to the nearest shilling.

Cock-Fighting’ Revival

Cock-lighting, banned by law in Britain in 1849, will have a remarkable revival in northern France, states the London Daily Telegraph. With no legal restrictions in France to hamper fights breeders arc going from as far afield as Belgium to attendi cockingmains, or meets which are held principally on Sundays at Lille. Boulogne, Calais and elsewhere. The cocks used are chiefly of crossed Belgium and French strain and average between 71b. and 91b. in weight. The owner pays £1 to enter and receives £3 if he wins. The organiser of a contest watched by a correspondent, said that cock-fighting was especially popular in the coal-mining area of Be’thune, France. “Though amateurs are its chief exponents at the moment,’’ he said. “I believe it will soon become popular in northern France,’’