Here are two very different aspects of early 20th century Australia. The Poor Parson tells of the misfortunes of a Presbyterian minister in a bush parish - the day a goanna ran up his leg; his financial embarrassment when his stipend is not forthcoming; of the sudden disappearance of his church and its equally sudden reappearance as someone else's house...Dad in Politics : A man is wanted who will go to Brisbane "...'an' put the sufferances of the farmers plainly - an' - an' - well before Parliament - a man who'll talk t'them an' - an' tell 'em what's right an' - an' what ought t'be done." And no-one can do it better than Dad. Even though he doesn't know much about Parlimentary protocol he's determined to have his say! With illustrations by Syd Smith and Harry Julius.