CARTOON - THE ROGUE ELEPHANT

A full page published black and white cartoon in the Western Mail Christmas number, featuring a bush setting with an elephant being ridden by a man with a beard, wearing white and holding a balloon like object on the end of a string. Written on the side of the elephant is [FEDERAL / GOVERNMENT] and on the balloon [SPEECHES] The elephant is trampling over a picnic rug with plates and glasses laid out on it. Written on the picnic rug it [STATE INTERESTS] A rotund man in a waistcoat, with a monocle and a white piece of paper floating behind his head is running beside the elephant because the lead to his dog is twisted around the font foot of the elephant. The dog is running in terror in front of the elephant. On the piece of paper is written [PROMISES] In the bushes on the left side of the image are three young women in white dresses, two are wearing hats. Written on the three women [N.S.W], [S. AUSTRALIA] and [VICTORIA] Up in a tree in the top right of the cartoon is a man in a suit holding onto a branch.
In the bottom left corner is a black box with white text reading [The Rogue Elephant / And The States Picnic / of 1903. / Chorus of Girls; / "Why he's / smashing all / the crockery!"]. Ben Strange signature bottom right corner.