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April 2, 1870. 3 THE TOMAHA WK. 127
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THE POLICE v. PARLIAMENT.
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We might well have been spared the 1 flo...
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A Grave Question. — The Burial Controver...
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March 2 . 6 th , 1 S 70 , 9 a . m . lawn Post to just look in at . them Several ieisurel letters y over . Have a cigar just . I rambled subjoin on them to . the ( I <) Froiti the Inspector of Police . at Washford , Northumberland . Police Station , IVashford , March 25 th , 1870 . Sir , forei We have who as custod far as y we here can underst wild gentleman and him , apparentl has referred y a us to gner you , as his , father and guardian . He arrived , last night the on the account Tuesday given ' s 2 . 20 several down trai the n passenge to Greenwich rsappears , which to , have from b singularl Railway een badl y Company y destitute managed , I of oug . clothing This ht to , how add , has ever that no , is the luggage the gentleman , business beyond , who of the the is safety Hearing valve that you are at ine Ltigworth , and two , 1 ha hundred ve made of arrangements your cards . to forward him to you at once , in charge of four constables . morning He ought . , t Than heref king ore , to you arrive for a at cheque about for ten the o ' clock expenses to-morro in this w affair amounting to £ I 7 am 15 s . obedient servant your T . GOUSH , P . Inspector , L . P . ( 2 . ) From y . Spagmore , at Chelt 2 nha ? n . The Commercial Inn , March 251 h , 1870 . My dear My Eleven Old Fellow have been , a great go ; and hedririg you are at your aunt ' s , I mean to run over with them next week , and ing p stop lay the yesterday " All bails Lugworth . , Mind and one . you " fet It have low ' s cap a finished ital sferon fur gzsh his .. team innings They , and killed by p swallow ick a long out - a good tempered lot . Tell your aunt not to mind about an on expensive . We will blow come -out . b Lots the of 11 . g 25 a nd leave rats , that the ' s all 7 . 1 they 4 . If feed we miss thatI daresay your y aunt can , cram us in y somewhere . , Yours ever , ack . J ( 3 . ) From Messrs . Givitt and Scraper , Lincohfs Inn . The South Greenwich Wales , South Great of Northern Scotland , South North Eastern Li ? icol 7 i , Northum Midland , - berland , and South , British Railtvay , Companies v . , Yourself . Dear We Sir are , waiting your instructions in the above . Please let us hear from you at once . Yours faithfull Givitt y , and Scraper . ( 4 . ) From the Chief Dictated at the Police Station , IVashford . Big Coming and dear by quick Father fire , devil . Your Gooseberry firstborn , -jam . Have seen my aunt and tried to break it to her . Said , somejovia thing I friend ut th trying e pleasure to bring to be in derived the Chief from in the that company way . of She a tinguished of likes Africa society ( so forei , , but he gner has not , ) , who noisy has has talked society tra of velled . finding I have a good me hinted deal out in that down the a centre here dis- , aunt as he does is anxious not seem to see disagreeable what English about country it , so I life shall is just like . throw My thrust in out comes the a few with hall between hints myself four between a policemen , with this le of , ni and and g mattrasses ht bed - I lig can time ht and have , we and let mi then him him ht sit immediatel if in up we . quietl If took he y y our slippers off , get coup him to his room without , g waking , up the house . Have thrown out a last hint to my aunt , laughing ly p say . m ing . twelve something one nig about ht , last my winter arrival . She at the did Jfamberl not seem jrs to at think half-past it a j gone oke , to and bed begged early me with not neuralgia to laugh . so loud , as Lady Poppins had
to Have have the just blue found roo out m next from to the Lad housekeeper Pins . that the Chief is the E bloodhound veryone in bed outside . All . still I feel , except a y presentiment now opp and then that Midni a howl we ght shall from . not get the Chief in quietly . 1 a . m . bee n listening l work , and for very the roll cold of . distant I can ' t hear wheels a sovind for the , and last I have halfhour of it . has Fortunatel made me y , I more have got confident the brand about y out , as a aunt glass . or As to my fool Lad . y Poppins , I can ' t help it if we do wake her—the old 1 . 30 a . m . No sound yet . Another glass or two of brandy . 2 a . m . All still . Another glass . Poor old Chief . Hope he ' s allriht . shall Poor . old boy . Shall be glad to see him . igain , ' pon my word ^ I 2 . 11 a . m . Yes ! Here they come . Wheels far off , and —yes , by Jovealoud of his yell noisy fits It ' . s the Chief , and ( I know that row ) he ' s in one 2 . 13 a . in A fearful howl from the bloodhound ! Another howl from the Inspector Chief— to he send has heard him at it ! this 'Pon hour my . word Another , it ' s too and bad a louder of the yell a strugg ! The le at bloodhound the park gates has . The taken air it is up ring madl ing y with . There , yells , seems oaths , and howls . It ' s coming nearer . Here it is !
April 2, 1870. 3 The Tomaha Wk. 127
April 2 , 1870 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 127
The Police V. Parliament.
THE POLICE v . PARLIAMENT .
We Might Well Have Been Spared The 1 Flo...
We might well have been spared the 1 flourish of trumpets Act with . which The long the disquisition press heralded on the the introduction great benefits of the which new must Cab surely result from the new regime have after all proved to have to been awaken words our and conte printing mporaries thrown away to the . real It has state taken of some the case time . tion When the the first cabs of January of the metropol arrived is and it was broug urged ht forth as an no excuse alterathat so stupendous would be the reorganisation , and reconstrucof tion the when Act it of actuall Parliame y did nt occur it was that necessary , in the to face put of off the the provision inaugurat wh ion en of the the first new of system Febru , until ca the me round first of February no si . was However made , people began to think that ary there was something amiss gn , and the , question was accorded some discussion , even in the House of dro Commons p , and , now but we littl find e by ourselves little the on m the atter first of April been allowed very much to part as we iall were y thrust this time themselves last year forward . Even the hav few e faded innovations away . * which The display of the metal flags was never universal , but now the standar ever seen d lies hoisted recumbent aloftas and rusty the on ticke the ts w roof hich , and were is hardl to be y presented to the hirer on the cab being engaged , they have probab light , and ly no exi f or ence the , at impr all ov event ed vehicles s they have and never reduced seen fares the which cabmen we themselves were promised could , the desire y are . Who as m is ythica to blame l as eve for n this the failing certainl of follows the Act that ? the If cabs law made were should worth legislating be carried about out , but it it seems y that already it has been allowed to become a ; dead letter . We admit that the London cabman is a difficult man certainl to deal with be ; made but , by amenable proper and to the jud law iciou of the pressure land . , he It could rests therefore Police— y who , with . , by Colonel the way Henderson , is sadly disappointing the Chief Commissioner his friends who of , — saw pending in him any the further right man enactments in the rig which ht place Parliament —to show may cause decide why last upon Act , as to have the cab been regulations allowed to of miss London their —the mark provisions owito of the the assuming self-sufficiency , and bungling incompetence , ng of the official whose duty it was to look after the matter .
A Grave Question. — The Burial Controver...
A Grave Question . — The Burial Controversy .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 2, 1870, page 127, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02041870/page/5/
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