and if Eden isn't exactly the name you'd give to this pest-ridden
country at least the fighting men are now backed by the devotion and
competence of the healing men, and all goes well for both. To the
bulldog might well be added the retriever as our national emblem. We
are some retrievers.

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[Illustration: OUR MIXED ARMY.

_Refined Ex-Journalist_. "DON'T YOU THINK THAT COOK HAS STRESSED THE
ONIONS A LITTLE IN THE STEW TO-DAY?"]

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From an article headed "Outlook for Oil":--

"It is urged in commercial circles that the Government should
secure men with laboratory experience, plus a complete
absence of practical knowledge, to report on shale
deposits."--_Australian Paper_.

We thought it was only in the Old Country that Governments had any use
for that sort of man.