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| 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 ThingAustralia Felix (loq.): “I am ruined by desirable immigration!”
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Sunday, February 28, 2021
Too Much of a Good Thing
A New-Year Card—More or Less Allegorical
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| 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 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.’”
"Been There Before"
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| "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
One Man, 20 Lawyers
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| 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”
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| “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.”
A Fresh Field for the Social Gimlets
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| A Fresh Field for the Social Gimlets | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A Fresh Field for the Social Gimlets, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 614 (21 Nov 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449883839
A Fresh Field for the Social Gimlets“The suffrage once fairly attained for women, their first work must be to amend the marriage laws, or, blasphemous as the words may sound, do away with them altogether... No woman, until she has known love and achieved the dignity of motherhood can be thoroughly complete.”— Mrs. J. E. Ashton, before N.S.W. Woman Suffrage League.
Friday, February 19, 2021
A Troublesome Infant
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| A Troublesome Infant | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A Troublesome Infant, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 610 (24 Oct 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449852194
Two Men in a Boat
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| Two Men in a Boat | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, Two Men in a Boat, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 609 (17 Oct 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449841780
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.”
“Budgeree! You Collar My Land. Now You Go Bung. Ha, Ha!”
“Budgeree! You Collar My Land. Now You Go Bung. Ha, Ha!”
King Billy (loq.): “Budgeree! You Collar My Land. Now You Go Bung. Ha, Ha!”,
The original landed proprietor, on the N.S.W. Boom-bank smash.
A Live Body
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| A Live Body | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, A Live Body, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 607 (3 Oct 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449813766
A Live BodyIn the N.S.W. (nominee) Legislative Council last week the President fell fast asleep in his chair and was approached by two medical members who evidently thought him in need of assistance.
MEDICO No.1 : “He is alive?”
MEDICO No 2 : “Yes, alive enough for this dead place.”
A Dangerous Quadruped
Livingston Hopkins, A Dangerous Quadruped, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 606 (26 Sep 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449806516
A Dangerous Quadruped
N.S.W Parliament— "There! I've managed to get 'em all out but one, and I've no doubt the Hupper 'Ouse will knock that one out."
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The New Finance
Livingston Hopkins, The New Finance, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 605 (19 Sep 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449672012
The New FinanceNo. 1: “What’s the use of crackin’ cribs? Let’s get the patronage of a Member or two and start a bank of deposit-paid-up capital four millions!”
No 2: “Yes, and we’ll give twenty per cent, for deposits fixed for ten years.”
The British Auxiliary Squadron
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| The British Auxiliary Squadron | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The British Auxiliary Squadron, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 604 (12 Sep 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449663962
The British Auxiliary SquadronYoung Australia: “So you have come to protect our property, our mothers, our wives, and our sisters.”
Officer of Squadron: “Yes, don’t you know, and to marry the latter —if there’s—aw—money in it.”
Travellers’ Tales
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| Travellers’ Tales | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, Travellers’ Tales, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 603 (5 Sep 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449654892
The Father of His Country—That Gentleman's Present Attitude
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| The Father of His Country—That Gentleman's Present Attitude | Hop |
The Situation in Queensland
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| The Situation in Queensland | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The Situation in Queensland, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 601 (22 Aug 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449645331
The Situation in Queensland
Owing to the hot weather up North, the cheap Italian will, if Sam Griffith can arrange it, henceforth work the cane-knife while the expensive Australian man carries round the monkey.
The Lion and The Lambs
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| The Lion and The Lambs | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The Lion and The Lambs, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 600 (15 Aug 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449640988
Woman's Rights From a Parliamentary Standpoint
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| Woman's Rights From a Parliamentary Standpoint | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, Woman's Rights From a Parliamentary Standpoint, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 599 (8 Aug 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449635489
Woman's Rights From a Parliamentary Standpoint“If the Gallows, Why Not the Franchise and The____?”
“In view of the fact that we have made woman liable to the operation of all our laws, we must give her the franchise,”—N.S. Wales M.P.
The Key to the Situation
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| The Key to the Situation | Hop |
Livingston Hopkins, The Key to the Situation, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 598 (1 Aug 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449628337
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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