ARITHMITIMAL LUNATICS
To the. Editor “N.Z. Times.”
Sir, —The evidence referred to in your article of the relations between Lusitania, trimmers, and royalty-men may be varied infinitely. Tho learned professor might have shown that'if tho Lusitania had made ten knots instead of twenty, and only 200 tons of coal were burnt per day, great numbers of -trimmers would be out of work, and the royalty man would be starved. . Or, if all steamers wore LusitaiLas and ran 40 knots, the ship’s accommodation would be entirely occupied by trimmers and stokers, the royalty man being dropped out, having been crucified by indignant professors and trimmers before this stage was reached. This breed of professor has been long known, vido Butler’s “Hndibras,” lie . ' Knew more than forty, of them do As far as words and terms could go, All which he understood by rote, . And as occasion served could quote; No matter whether right or wrong, They might bo either said or sung. The ultimate question is simxilo: Whether - any man .shall be allowed royalty on coal or anything else? PORIIUJA.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10282, 17 May 1919, Page 10
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179ARITHMITIMAL LUNATICS New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10282, 17 May 1919, Page 10
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