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| The Skeleton in The Broken-Hill Cupboard | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The Skeleton in The Broken-Hill Cupboard, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 567 (27 Dec 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448611561
Showing posts with label 1890. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1890. Show all posts
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Christmas special issue
Livingston Hopkins, Christmas special issue, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 566 (20 Dec 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-488956977
Greasing the Eat Pig
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| Greasing the Eat Pig | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, Greasing the Eat Pig, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 565 (13 Dec 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448605211
[Ed. Hop depicts Sir William McMillan, NSW politician and merchant. See A. W. Martin, 'McMillan, Sir William (1850–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University]Greasing the Eat PigL.B.M.: “Aren’t you putting it on rather thick, Mac?”
Treasurer M’Millan: “P’r’aps so. But it don’t cost me anything; besides, the pig likes it—oh, he does like it!”
“Who Dares to Laugh?”
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| “Who Dares to Laugh?” | Hop |
“Who Dares to Laugh?”“Who dares to laugh?”—Premier Parkes.
“A young man has been sent to gaol for a month at Adelaide for Hooting Governor Kintore.” —Daily Paper
His Excellency: “I say, gardenaw—aw—didn’t I heah a sound of dewisive laughtaw just now?”
Gardener: “You did, my Lord, but it’s only a bird called the Laughing Jackass or Kookaburra—wery common in these parts!”
His Ex.: “Well—aw—get a gun and—aw—make an example of the creachaw.”
More “Desirable Colonists”
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| More “Desirable Colonists” | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, More “Desirable Colonists”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 563 (29 Nov 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448593027
More “Desirable Colonists”Her Most Gracious: “I heartily applaud your scheme for sending this riff-raff to Australia. How my loving and loyal subjects there will Irak at it I am not quite certain but it don’t matter much so long as we get rid of these objectionable and turbulent persons.”
General Booth: “How can the Australians object? Don’t I intend to put my converts all under the pump first?”
Saturday, February 13, 2021
A Tragedy
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| A Tragedy | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A Tragedy, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 562 (22 Nov 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448585129
A TragedyACT 1: “I consider Crick to be by far the cleverest fellow on the Opposition benches—in fact, he’s the only man there who knows anything about anything.”—PARKES.
ACT 2: “I move that Crick be expelled Parliament because he’s too cheeky.”—PARKES.
ACT 3: “We find that Crick died of the disease known in America as Big Head, said disease having arisen from an overdose of marmalade administered by Henry Parkes with malice aforethought.”— THE JURY.
The Strike Ended—Throwing Out Dirty Water
Livingston Hopkins, The Strike Ended—Throwing Out Dirty Water, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 561 (15 Nov 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-591106997
“The Man Sent by Heaven”
Livingston Hopkins, “The Man Sent by Heaven”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 560 (8 Nov 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448242281
“The Man Sent by Heaven”A kind of allegory or political jim-jams.
“And I believe the devil’s voice sinks deeper in our ear than any whisper sent from heaven however sweet and clear.”—Gordon.
[Ed. L. to R. Thomas Slattery; Hugh Taylor; William Patrick (Paddy) Crick]
Parting Words
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| Parting Words | Hop |
Parting WordsNew South Wales: “Before you go, your Lordship, I want you to promise me one thing that you will never, never write a book about its!”
His ex.: “On one condition I promise!”
New South Wales: “Name it!”
His ex.: “That you never raise a monument to me!”
A Game of Grab—the Situation in West Sydney
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| A Game of Grab—the Situation in West Sydney | Hop |
“More Politic Than Fiscal”
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| “More Politic Than Fiscal” | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, “More Politic Than Fiscal”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 557 (18 Oct 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448224961
“More Politic Than Fiscal”Treasurer Macmillion: “Hang it all? If I only knew who was going to get left in this trouble, what a fiscal could get up!”
[Ed. Hop depicts Sir William McMillan, NSW politician and merchant. See A. W. Martin, 'McMillan, Sir William (1850–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.]
“Before the Law All Men Are Equal”
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| “Before the Law All Men Are Equal” | Hop |
“Before the Law All Men Are Equal”Police Magistrate (at Hay, N.S.W.): “Defendant, you are clearly proved to have ordered or incited 29 men on one station to stop shearing and leave their contract unfinished I now fine you £5 5s. in each case— or, in default, 14 days’ gaol in each case, the sentences to be cumulative.”
Shearer Rae: “In other words, if at one p’ace, at one time and by using two words, called out a thousand shearers, you could sentence me to 14,000 day’s gaol!”
Quay: Who made the Australian labour laws, the Workers or the Monopolists? And who are going to make them in future?
Parliamentary Fairy-Tale
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| Parliamentary Fairy-Tale | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A N.S.W. Parliamentary Fairy-Tale, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 555 (4 Oct 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448218406
“Neutrality!”
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| “Neutrality!” | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, “Neutrality!”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 554 (27 Sep 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448214627
“Neutrality!”Will he “Get there just the same?”
“The government have to consider this strike difficulty free from any passion or any feeling of self-interest. We have to govern for those on strike as well as for their employers’ - interview with Premier Parkes.
Homeward Bound!
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| Homeward Bound! | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, Homeward Bound!, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 553 (20 Sep 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448208985
Homeward Bound!A forecast of Cawngton’s return home.Skipper: “My lord, is that you—alreadyCarington: Wh-o-op! Twelve farewell banquets in succession!”
Bullet Versus Ballot
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| Bullet Versus Ballot | Hop |
A New Sensation
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| A New Sensation | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A New Sensation, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 551 (6 Sep 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448199028
A New SensationCapital: “This is the highest hoist I’ve ever got from the derned brute.
Gillies' Jury-Mast
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| Gillies' Jury-Mast | Julian Rossi Ashton |
Gillies' Jury-MastCaptain Gillies: "Now, boys, heave that stuff overboard while I keep this up. Our, third mate is off and we are to smash."
Signs of the Termination of the “Premier” Case
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| Signs of the Termination of the “Premier” Case | Hop |
Julian Rossi Ashton, Signs of the Termination of the “Premier” Cases, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 549 (23 Aug 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-450850557
The Labour Crisis
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| The Labour Crisis | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The Labour Crisis, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 548 (16 Aug 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-488939951
The Labour CrisisCapital: “See here, my man, one of us must either go back, or else lie down and let the other walk over him. Now, which of us shall it be?” —(And that is now the question.)
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