Clerk: THE REGISTRAR GENERAL REFUSES TO MARRY YOU -- YOU ARE NOT IN A FIT STATE. Cabby: NOT IN A FIT STATE! WHY I'LL PLEDGE MY HONOR HE'S AS SOBER AS -- Would-be Bridegroom (interrupting): I SHAY (hic), NEV' MINE OLEFLER, THIS ALL (hic) COMESH OF YER SHEAP WEDDINGS -- LETSH (hic) GO TO THE PARSHONS (hic) AND DO IT SPHECTBLY (hic). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 79 wordsNo pay for the Mayor of Sydney for next year! Hurrah! Now, then, we shall see who are the independent, patriotic, and self-denying candidates for mayoral dignity. 'Tis the old game again; a mayor will he elected at a salary of 00 a year, with, of course, the understanding that ...
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Sydney Punch (NSW : 1864 - 1888), Sat 9 Dec 1876, Page 8
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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