Circumstances Alter CasesREID (shrieking): “What! the Gag?”
DIBBS: “Don’t call it ‘the gag,’old man; when your party adopted it they only called it ‘the cloture.’”
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| N.S.W. Politics | unknown artist |
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| “A Quiet, Simple Life” | Hop |
“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.”
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| Addled | Unknown artist |
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| A Troublesome Infant | Hop |
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| Two Men in a Boat | Hop |
Two Men in a BoatN.S.W. Colonial Treasurer: “Look here, old man, I don’t think she’ll float much longer.”
Premier: “Nonsense! Keep on baling; I never knew her to sink yet, and I’ve used that baler for 40 years.”
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| The Father of His Country—That Gentleman's Present Attitude | Hop |
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| The Key to the Situation | Hop |
The Key to the SituationSIR H.: “Now, let’s see; what reason had we better give for this?”
MACMILLAN: “Why not give the true one?”
SIR H.: “Well, I’m afraid it’s rather late in life for me to begin that sort of thing!
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| An Amusing Toy—or, Parkes a la Frankenstein | Hop |
An Amusing Toy—or, Parkes a la FrankensteinThe Monster: “Look here, old man, you’re going to the country, you know. And ridiculous and all as you have made me, I'm going with you.”
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| “To Be Swallowed Whole” | Hop |
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| On the Road to Federation | Hop |
On the Road to FederationParkes in a Tight Place.H.P.: “One destiny, if you like; but one at a time, please!”
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| The Buried White Elephant | Hop |
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| The Straight Tip | Hop |
The Straight TipPARKES (reading Sydney D. T. leader); "Quite right. My word, we must put all such people out of Parliament."
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| The Skeleton in The Broken-Hill Cupboard | Hop |
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| A Tragedy | Hop |
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.
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| Bullet Versus Ballot | Hop |
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| Convalescent | Hop |
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| The N.S.W. Party Processions Repeal Bill: A Glimpse at The Future | Hop |
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| Our “History-Manufacturers” | Hop |
Our “History-Manufacturers”(On the Way to the Federal Convention).First Future Forefather: “Ah! I wonder if any of us present will live to see Federation an accomplished fact!”
Boss Forefather: “I hope so; I hope so. Although (here a dreamy, faraway look steals over the veteran’s countenance) if those Melbourne fellers wind up this ‘ere convention with another banquet. I know one of us that won’t!”
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| “Off With the Old Love, on With the New” | Hop |
“Off With the Old Love, on With the New.”,Miss Federation (Parkes’ new flame): “But how about your old flame, Miss Freetrade? Have you thrown her over altogether for me?”
Parkes: “Listen (quoting from one of his own poems):—
‘I would not give my ragged Jane for all the peacock ladies going.’”