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The house that Jack built, or, Harlequin progress, and the love's laughs, laments and labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria : a fairy extravaganza opening to pantomime / by W.M. Akhurst

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Akhurst, W. M. (William M.), 1822-1878
Call Number
Np 782.9 A315
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Melbourne : H. Cordell, Printer, [1870?]
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Par. L’Ordre du Roi!  

L’ Homme Qui Bit.  

BENDIGO HOTEL.  

AND  

■WINE SPIRIT STORES,  

196 AND 198, BOURKE STREET EAST,  

ABOVE POLYTECHNIC,  

Christmas, New Year and other Holidays,  

BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS  

that the undersigned guarantees to supply and deliver to all  

the loving subjects of our Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria,  

CHRISTMAS BOXES, containing one ‘dozen of the well-  

known Bendigo standard of excellence, purity, and quality, for  

Twenty-Jive Shillings, comprising:—  

bottles BRANDY. bottles COLONIAL WINE.  

bottle PORT WINE. bottle OLD TOM.  

„ CHAMPAGNE, „ GINGER WINE.  

„ WHISKY. „ RASPBERRY.  

„ SHERRY. „ BASS’S ALE.  

NOW LET IT BE KNOWN TO EVERYONE,  

That R. C. Miller, of the aforesaid Bendigo Wine and  

Spirit Stores, will, in defiance of all Attorney Generals, give  

CHANGE to every purchaser of bottle of his celebrated  

Jamaica Rum, at 2s, fid., of gaining Note onthe National  

Bank of Ausralasia for One Pound. Ten One Pound  

Notes will be distributed amongst the purchasers of one thou-  

sand bottles of Rum.  

R. C. MILLER  

P.S.—The nrifbrtunate recipient of note would much oblige hy  

publicly acknowledging, after drinkwg ike spirits and pocketing  

the note.  

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Akhurst, W. M. (1870). The house that Jack built, or, Harlequin progress, and the love's laughs, laments and labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria : a fairy extravaganza opening to pantomime Retrieved April 2, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52783642

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Akhurst, W. M. The house that Jack built, or, Harlequin progress, and the love's laughs, laments and labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria : a fairy extravaganza opening to pantomime Melbourne: H. Cordell, Printer, 1870. Web. 2 April 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52783642>

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Akhurst, W. M. 1870, The house that Jack built, or, Harlequin progress, and the love's laughs, laments and labors, of Jack Melbourne, and Little Victoria : a fairy extravaganza opening to pantomime H. Cordell, Printer, Melbourne viewed 2 April 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52783642

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