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E must be in time, and we must do all we can to prevent other free nations, being brought under the Nazi yoke.-Mr. Attlee. XR * SUCH words as brekker, rugger, soccer and fresher were not given to the world by Harrow.-Sir Sydney King-Farlow. * * * USSIA is no longer a Socialist State.-Ernest Bevin. * * * O creature on earth has so tortured himself as Man, and none has raised a more exultant Alleluia.-Havelock Ellis. % ne By E are almost the only nation that is capable of going to war for an idea.-Dr, W. R. Inge. * % * HOSE who work at radium mining usually die of cancer of the lungs brought about by exposure to its rays. To compensate them, they receive 10 per, cent. more wages than coal miners.-An American broadcast. * % * LET’s get this straight before we start: All dentists have bad teeth, all barbers need a haircut, and all wars are fought in the name of peace.-From an article in "The New Republic,’ New York, * XK * REGARD the " bottle-party" as one of the worst of our war-time social evils--Alfred Denville, M.P. * * * : HE English language is a most remarkable in strument,-Hilaire Belloc. * * * HE people of the United States should come out from under the bed and look around. -Dorothy Thompson. x * * : ERY many men in history have been ready to \"- give themselves away completely. — Sir Hugh Walpole. * * " WEDEN reminds me of a man who has been courting one girl for a long time and suddenly realises that another would make a far better match for him.-Marquess of Donegal, 4% * * EVERYTHING is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else,-Will Rogers,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 53, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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268SHORTWAVES New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 53, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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