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  2. How Binks Bested the Barber.

    Everybody in Laverick Wells Spa knew little Mr.Bousfield the barber It wasn't so much in the matter of cutting of hair, cutting of wigs, and so forth that Mr. Bousfield ...

    Article : 1,616 words
  3. People I have Known.

    Take a pole dress it in plush and buttons, and you have an aristocratic footman in an aristocratic family. Take a chemical compound composed of ¾ conceit, a pinch of ...

    Article : 1,206 words
  4. Raceline

    To what geological formation does rock the cradle belong? A coroner's advice—" Never look a gift gun in the muzzle." ...

    Article : 773 words
  5. Squibs.

    There a proverb that says you must laugh to grow fat; So its meaning to follow endeavour. If you lean on our columns it's meet you ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,450 words
  6. A Message from the Sea.

    One of our reporters whilst out fishing in the Bay on Sunday, had his attention attracted by a flying-fish perching itself on the bow of his dingey. The animal appeared, ...

    Article : 517 words
  7. I'll Lay.

    "Ten to one I (s)lay," as the bookmaker cried when he closed his pocket-book on troublesome mosquito. ...

    Article : 18 words
  8. The Position of Turkey.

    An able leader appears in our of our leading journals, enquiring what is the position of Turkey. This Turkey business is getting very monotonous, so we pick a bone with it. The ...

    Article : 98 words
  9. A Mistake.

    "Here," shouted an irate subscriber rushing into the editor's den, "what's this in your beasty old paper about my carrying, a cow hide ?" ...

    Article : 298 words
  10. The Latest.

    The Wimmera District has hitherto been chiefly renowned for a superabundance of rabbits, dingoes and mallee scrub, but latterly there has been startling ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. No Reward for Pluck.

    Here is the latest story of police efficiency A small boy happened to be on the Falls, Bridge just as another small boy fell in. Up came a constable. "Can you swim, little ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. Not Damaged.

    Last cup meeting a man named Powers took advantage of the general hilarity to throw a small, parcel, of flour on an old woman, seventy-six years of age. Her cries ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. Heavy Matter.

    Editor—"So you would like a position on my paper!" Journalist—"Yes, I have had much experience in Lon'on, sir." "It so happens that the only position vacant is that ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. Coundrums.

    First Nigger—"I say. Sambo" Second Nigger—"Wall! what am de matter?" First Nigger—"Here's a conundricum. If ...

    Article : 66 words
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