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Lynch, James, 1947-:Yap! Yap! Early elections! Yap! Yap! 24 August 1981
Date: 1981
From: Lynch, James Robert, 1947- :[Digital scans of cartoons published in the New Plymouth Daily News and the New Zealand Times]
By: Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022092
Description: Shows Prime Minister Rob Muldoon as a bulldog which is tethered to a stake beside a kennel. The President of the National Party George Chapman is a cat and sits on top of the kennel. The bulldog barks at several chickens which squawk and scatter. The chickens represent the leader of the Labour Party Bill Rowling, and Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham who are on the ground and Jim Knox, Secretary of the Federation of Labour, who is in the air. Context: The Prime Minister was making a habit of threatening early elections and scaring the other leaders and the unions; none of whom were ready to contest an election at the time. (Context note by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).