AWN DIPPERS BAR PRO FESSIONALISM. MANPOWER McGILL WITHDRAWS.
The greatest sensation since the- Bell episode, .occur:-: recently with the . resignation of Manpower - McGill from the DaY/N . DIPPERS.* Our seaside correspondent reports as follows.
” On Friday 19 uh the DaWN DIP ! PERS approached the- beach at ’ the usual time. It was observed that Manpower ' McGill who' had be n accompanying them fur nearly a month was nut present. On being interviewed the Dippers stated that it had...come J to their knowledge that Manpower ' McGill had been dipping, notfrom the pure love of sport, but was doing it for a bet. The committee decided the situation called for disciplinary action. ' '
McGill’s bet expired on 20 Nov, and he had privately stat ed that he intended to cease Dawn Dipping after that■ date.• After giving the matter weighty consideration the Dawn Dippers deci ’’-'f to refrain from ring Manpower McGill at the customary hour/ and proceeded to the beach without him. i!
So far the only serious repercussion '-.has been a rise- in the price of.McGill hair cuts, presumably to pay rhe expenses of losing the- bet. what the Price Tribunal has to say about
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Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 6, 30 November 1943, Page 4
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192AWN DIPPERS BAR PROFESSIONALISM. MANPOWER McGILL WITHDRAWS. Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 6, 30 November 1943, Page 4
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