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A Scene from the Everyday Drama of 'The Streets of Sydney' 1865
1st Bill Poster (admiringly) - "Ah! that's summat like! It's a reg'lar credit to Sydney, and no mistake."
2nd B.P. - "Yes, that's just what I say, Jem. That's the way they hought to hact with hall hour public buildin's. Make them huseful."
1st B.P. - "Certingly, seein' as how they don't know how to make 'em hornamental."
(Elderly Party from the country is simultaneously realising the fact that "Time is only truly measured by its loss.")
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From the collections of the
(Sydney Punch, August 26, 1865, p 524)