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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI

VOL. 150

MAY 3, 1916

CHARIVARIA.

SIR ROGER CASEMENT, it appears, landed in Ireland from a collapsible
boat. And by a strange coincidence his arrival synchronised with the
outbreak of a collapsible rebellion.

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Hard soap can now be obtained in Germany only by those who purchase
bread tickets. The soft variety cannot be obtained at all, the whole
supply, it seems, having been commandeered by the Imperial Government
for export to the United States.

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L175 worth of radium was lost last week in Dundee. The ease with which
bar radium can be melted down and remoulded in the form of cheap
jewellery affords, according to the local police, a clear indication
that this was the work of thieves.

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A conscientious objector has stated that he had even given up fishing on
humanitarian grounds. We fear that his fish stories may have caused some
fatal attacks of apoplexy among his audiences.

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According to Sir THOMAS BARLOW "the importation of bananas has had a
far-reaching effect on the digestion of our children." Only last Monday
week the importation of six bananas had just that kind of effect on the
digestion of our own dear little Percy.

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Portugal has decided to expel German sympa