They Knew No Better

They Knew No Better | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, They Knew No Better, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 572 (31 Jan 1891, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448630009

They Knew No Better

“At the inauguration of the statue to Dr. Lang, Governor Jersey, in rising to respond to the vote of thanks, met with a very hearty reception. He agreed that it was a fitting time to make the acquaintance of the people of New South Wales on the occasion of a national celebration of this sort. He was in thorough Sympathy With the Object of the Gathering.” —Daily Paper. 

Statue of Dr. Lang: “Excuse me, gentlemen, but it makes nip laugh to think that the first official act of a new vice-royalty should be to do honour to a Republican, whose whole life was spent in trying to abolish Royalty!”

“Who Dares to Laugh?”

“Who Dares to Laugh?” | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, “Who Dares to Laugh?”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 564 (6 Dec 1890, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448599618

“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.”

Homeward Bound!

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—already

Carington: Wh-o-op! Twelve farewell banquets in succession!”

“A Pig in a Poke”

“A Pig in a Poke” | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, “A Pig in a Poke”, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 546 (2 Aug 1890, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-450836162

“A Pig in a Poke”

J. Bull: “Well, young ‘un, ‘ere’s your new Guv’nor.”
New South Wales: “What! Without consulting me? I thought I gave you to understand two years ago that I was to be conferred with on such matters.”
J. Bull: “P’raps you did. Now I think of it, you did: hanyways, ‘ere’s your new Guv’nor!”

Governor Hopetoun

Governor Hopetoun | Julian Rossi Ashton

Julian Rossi Ashton, Governor Hopetoun, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 511 (30 Nov 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-443526845

[Ed. Portrait of the Seventh Earl of Hopetoun, Governor-General of Victoria. See Chris Cunneen, 'Hopetoun, seventh Earl of (1860–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.]

On the Wrong Lock

On the Wrong Lock | Tom Durkin

Tom Durkin, On the Wrong Lock, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 505 (19 Oct 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-443504308

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Calf Government

Calf Government | Hop

Livingston Hopkins, Calf Government, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 503 (5 Oct 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-443495167

Calf Government

“Lord Hopetoun has given an order for 300 liveries to an Edinburgh firm.”—Cable.

Tailor (to newly-appointed Australian Governor of the Hopetoun type): “And I suppose your Lordship would like to have your men well set up—a little wadding here and there about the shoulders?”

Governor: Aw, cawnt say I’m a great stickler for chest and shoulders, bur let us have plenty of buttons and a wealth of calf. There's nothing so much helps to ‘draw closer those silken cords which unite,’ etc., etc., as plenty of calf at Government House!”