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Dly Mail (Brisbane) 27 Aug. 4/4: Statesmen who wage war by referendum and ‘schlog’ their enemies by plebiscite, who bellow ‘Bolshevik!’ at their political adverseries, and then subside into placid content, may interest the student of national humor. Dly Mail (Brisbane) 29 May 9/3: A ‘Backstop’s Troubles [...] Complainant was several times described as Luther’s ‘backstop’ in an argument which he was alleged to have sought with defendant. Dly Mail (Brisbane) 7 Nov. 14/9: Bookmaker George Turton is an astute member of the bag-swinging fraternity. Dly Mail (Brisbane) 24 June 11/6: ‘The day of the mash note has gone,’ says Lionel Atwill — well known, as a leading man in Australia [...] ‘Where an actor once found twenty gushing letters in the mail he now discovers two or three critical notes’. Dly Mail (Brisbane) 14 Oct. 21/7: Ah, cruel fate! the lazy curs must now earn their daily scran. Dly Mail (Brisbane) 15 Feb. 1/2: Early this morning two lads [...] were riding a bicycle double along William-street, when the front fork broke, and they were thrown heavily to the ground.