Ipswich Punch, Vol. 1, No. 3, 15th March 1866

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TitleIpswich Punch, Vol. 1, No. 3, 15th March 1866Date Created15th March 1866CreatorPunch ClubAcknowledgementState Library Queensland

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DescriptionIpswich Punch
Vol. 1, No. 3, 15th March 1866

In the 3rd edition of Ipswich Punch:

* A rare example of violence by Mr Punch in the Ipswich Punch, using his slapstick on the editor of the Mercury newspaper

* A malicious report, possibly taking place in the School of Arts Reading Room

* Verses on the "rumoured Eight hours movement"

* "Here We Are Again", with commentary on the Punch's rivals: the Mercury and the Queensland Times

* A cartoon criticising the progress of the Liverpool Tunnel

* "Fragment from an Athenian Drama", featuring Peto, Brassey, Betts - railway contractors experiencing financial difficulties

* The continuing fallout from the recent Mayoral elections, featuring Richard III

* The poem "The Lay of a Youthful Loafer"

* A cartoon of Bell Street, complete with bullock dray, driver, and policeman

* Woogaroo Conundrums

* College Rhymes

* A review on 'the only attempts at amusement' in the past month (it should come as no surprise that the Punch Club were not amused)

* A summary of "A Lecture on Assurance and Insurance"

* Mr Simkins adventures in surveying

* Misbehaving Sunday School boys in Queens Park

* Wanted ads

* A note of congratulations to the Ipswich Municipal Council for the orderly manner in which they were conducting meetings

* Mr Squattention's walk down Bell Street

* An advertisement for a professor of the art of whistling, who could be heard 'executing his most favourite airs during the hours of business at the School of Arts.

* Responses to correspondents

References (online)Ipswich Punch, Queensland Times, Tuesday 20 March 1866, p.3

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Curated CollectionsIpswich PunchTaxonomy19th Century | 1860s | 1866

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