“And Use Them if Necessary”

“And Use Them if Necessary” | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, “And Use Them if Necessary”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 583 (18 Apr 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448743114

“And Use Them if Necessary”

“Brisbane, Thursday.—Evidence is accumulating that the strike is fast approaching a close. The Colonial Secretary has received a letter from the country cadet corps expressing disgust at the recent cowardly acts of the unionist shearers and offering to-shoulder their rifles, and use them if necessary.”—Daily paper.

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

“Before the Law All Men Are Equal”

“Before the Law All Men Are Equal” | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, “Before the Law All Men Are Equal”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 556 (11 Oct 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448221974

“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?

The Labour Crisis

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 Crisis

Capital: “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.)

Smoke Ho! the Pipe of Peace

Smoke Ho! the Pipe of Peace | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, Smoke Ho! the Pipe of Peace, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 542 (5 Jul 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-450805902

The Road to Jericho-With Variations

The Road to Jericho-With Variations | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, The Road to Jericho-With Variations, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 500 (14 Sep 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-442844559

The Road to Jericho-With Variations

“Then said Bruce Smith, the Levite, unto him that had fallen among Capitalists, ‘Lo! Before I help you I must wait until I hear the Capitalists’ side of the story likewise. And he passed him by on the other side.”—LUKE X.