NOT NEWS - Nigel Nerd Exciting news! ARTZINE has run a very successful artists competition worldwide to design a new national flag for Australia. The winner is Hal A. Hamburger of Crassville, U.S.A., who Nigel interviewed last week. The competition sponsor was an American philanthropist who wished to remain anonymous. In this exclusive interview Hal, an extremely patriotic American, said he did his best to extend American values worldwide and creating this new Australian ensign was a wonderful opportunity. He said his first inspiration came from the former Australian flag, which is known as “London by Night� in the U.S. He thought simply replacing the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes would be fine. But fellow Americans violently opposed this - it would mean Australia would have six stars rather than just one like as all the other U.S. States. Since all Americans can carry guns (and most do), Hal, thinking of his personal safety, thought it best to drastically change his design concept. Hal said his second and winning inspiration came from China. Down at the docks one day he saw a Hong Kong flag ship flying two flags, with the Chinese national flag on top and the Hong Kong flag below. What a
great idea! So realistic and practical! Issue 13 - November
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