Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise Australian slang in literature, earning him the title "the laureate of the larrikin".

Headlines from June 22, 1938

Court Holds Lyons Residence Law Valid; Decision by Rosenman Will Be Appealed

Foes of Lehman's Candidacy Ask President to Back Mayor Instead; Hillman, Rosenman and Nathan Straus Also Urged for Copeland's Place--Possible Rift In Labor Party PutsDubinsky to Fore LEHMAN FOES BACK MAYOR FOR SENATE Mead Another Possibility Labor Party Gains Seen

City's Occupancy Tax Voted To Carry Vast Housing Cost; Council Adopts Bill to Provide $600,000 to Guarantee Interest on $20,000,000 Fund--Estimate Board Acts Today COUNCIL APPROVES OCCUPANCY LEVY Opposes Some Projects

POLICY JURY TURNS TO DODGE'S STAFF; Seeks to Learn if Pressure F Was Exerted on Three of Ex-Prosecutor's Aides All Linked to Tammany POLICY JURY TURNS TO DODGE'S STAFF

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