Sunday, February 28, 2021

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, Too Much of a Good Thing, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 621 (9 Jan 1892, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449934625
Too Much of a Good Thing
Australia Felix (loq.): “I am ruined by desirable immigration!”

A New-Year Card—More or Less Allegorical

A New-Year Card—More or Less Allegorical
A New-Year Card—More or Less Allegorical | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, A New-Year Card—More or Less Allegorical, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 620 (2 Jan 1892, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449926445

Monday, February 22, 2021

Circumstances Alter Cases

Livingston Hopkins, Circumstances Alter Cases, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 619 (26 Dec 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449924312
Circumstances Alter Cases
REID (shrieking): “What! the Gag?”
DIBBS: “Don’t call it ‘the gag,’old man; when your party adopted it they only called it ‘the cloture.’”

"Been There Before"

"Been There Before" | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, "Been There Before", The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 618 (19 Dec 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-488990730

N.S.W. Politics

N.S.W. Politics | unknown artist
N.S.W. Politics, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 617 (12 Dec 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449908835

One Man, 20 Lawyers

One Man, 20 Lawyers | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, One Man, 20 Lawyers, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 616 (5 Dec 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449899305
One Man, 20 Lawyers,
N.S.W.: “Is this what you call a short, but effective measure to abolish Plural Voting?”
PREMIER: “It is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but ’twill do, won’t it?”
N.S.W.: “Do, oh yes! It provides for ‘One-man-one-vote,’ indeed, but it will take one man and 20 lawyers to get a vote in edgeways.”

“A Quiet, Simple Life”

“A Quiet, Simple Life” | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, “A Quiet, Simple Life”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 615 (28 Nov 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449891873
“A Quiet, Simple Life”
“Sir Henry Parties says he will be content with the position of a simple member of Parliament .” —Daily Paper
Reformed Politician:—“No, boys, be your leader. I am too old, too feeble, and too disgusted. I want to lead a quiet, simple life—and, besides, there’s no more money in the Treasury.”