PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 159.
September 1st, 1920.
CHARIVARIA.
A Newcastle miner who was stated to be earning a pound a day has been fined ten pounds for neglecting his children. The idea of waiting till September 20th and letting Mr. Smillie neglect them does not seem to have occurred to him.
"Beyond gardening," says a gossip writer, "Mr. Smillie has few hobbies." At the same time there is no doubt he is busy getting together a fine collection of strikes.