New Zealaiiders Make Goad*

NZ Truth, 7 June 1924, Page 1

New Zealaiiders Make Goad*

; Records of Our Cartoonists

Word has corns out from the Homeland that David 'Low, the Dunedinite who made his mark m "Truth" before he" ventured to ' Sydney and thence further afield, ha.B made better than good

m London, the Mecca of all Britons at Home or abroad.

David of Dunedin 1M some wonderfully good work on th\/Vdney "Bulletin" — his Billy Hughes\J\rtoons, to witness, \ which had a &e*"\eller record vi^en done into portk \.forin. But hf soon recognised that \^ \was not sufficient scope for his ta\ Yin a City and on v paper that ha^ gifts of a, Norman Lindsay. So% \ mov6d,^on. . %. HeijtHed, but did not like N'Yorlk London got him — and kept him. O»f the: M Btar" he Immediately attracted attention. And during /the recent general elections m Britain, although cartponing 1 for a Liberal paper, he largely helped to put the Labor Party In power. with the hitting and Impressive qualities of his free trade cartoons. His pictorial editorials scored, heavily — ?und Dave came from a Freetectlonist country — from two of them! vThe success of David Low reminds "Truth" of others that have developed

their genius as cartoonists m its pages. There was Will Hope, of Christchurch. He also wandered over to Sydney, on to N'York and Chicago, and ultimately to London. Then there is Tom Glover, who went direct from "Truth's" Wellington office to succeed clever Alf Vincent (the late) as Melbourne cartoonist for the "Bulletin." New Zea- , landers are following his work week %y- week with enthusiasm, for his line , fretting firmer month by month. The j&t^S^^uaes a whole lot of his stuff, Jiffa*. s * l lj?ageß are showing, a wonderfuTSSg^. Ponies and Yes, New ZeaTAnaeT!!^" 1 """' 1 ** I *^^^" flourish m their transplantations>#*Eh<£ reason? ' Very largely because the New Zealand Press keeps its readers very well Informed on Australian and the outside world's affairs, bo that our chaps are better equipped all round than the average run of men m other countries.