A Bendigo prohibitionist declares that cocktails and wine-cups are a serious menace to young life. - News item.
An albatross which fell on board the storm-tossed Tonawanda was revived with rum, and fair weather followed. - Further news item.

Brothers, what are we to think
When we muse upon strong drink?
   Is it bad or is it good?
   Is it poison or is it food?

Albatrosses, so say some,
Find great benefit in rum,
   And, in gratitude for nips,
   Bring fair winds to troubled ships.

Others say the cocktail shaker
Is a noted trouble maker;
   And declare that men stir up
   Woe in every claret-cup.

But, so far as I'm concerned,
I may say I've never learned
   Whether alcohol, in place,
   Benefits the human race.

Take your choice.   If you should think 
Drink is good, why, have a drink;
   But, if you are at a loss,
   Give it to some albatross.

"Den"
Sun, 12 August 1927, p7