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January 12, 1916, by Various

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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

Release Date: September 19, 2007 [EBook #22672]

Language: English

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 150.

January 12, 1916

CHARIVARIA.

There is much satisfaction in the German Army at the announcement that
iron coins to the value of ten million marks are to be substituted for
nickel and copper. It is now hoped that those Crosses may yet prove to
be worth something.

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A resident of Honor Oak writes to the papers to say that such was the
patriotic anxiety of people in his neighbourhood to pay their taxes at
the earliest possible moment that he found a long queue before the
collector's door on January 3rd and had to wait an hour before his turn
came. On reading his letter several West-end theatres patriotically
offered the collector the loan of their "House Full" boards.

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Prince WILLIAM OF WIED, the ex-ruler of Albania, is at present in
Serbia, feverishly awaiting restoration to his former dignity. The
situation is not very favourable, however, and his German advisers have
warned him to curb his Mpretuosity.

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An American barque with a cargo of beans for Germany has been seized and
unloaded by the Swedish authorities. A cruel fate seems to overtake
every effort of the United States to give Germany these necessary
commodities.

***

Among the suspicious articles discovered at the Bulgarian Consulate in
Salonika was a large stock of red brassards. But the inference that they
belonged to members of the British V.T.C., who were determined to fight
for the enemy rather than not fight at all, is certainly premature.

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Several inmates of the Swansea workhouse, having been told that
margarine was to be served out instead of butter, returned their
portions, only to disco