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a year, was not a thing to bo sneezed at. Mr. Hales, 

 I remember, pasted up the occasional blue official 

 papers he received in his office, and was rather proud 

 of the collection. He went to America with the 

 proverbial farthing in his pocket, and managed to 

 travel through that country and England before 

 returning to Australia. The last I heard of him was 

 that he had started a paper at Coolgardie, West 

 Australia, and that he had nearly been starved to 

 death in the bush when exploring. He was a re- 

 markable man, and never at a loss for something 

 to do or say. 



Mr. Ted Belisario was a great supporter of boxing, 

 and also Mr. George Hill. Both spent a lot of money 

 on the sport, and Mr. Belisario generally had his hand 

 in his pocket when assistance was required. Mr. 

 Ccrbett, however, I think, did as much to keep the 

 sport legitimate as any man in Sydney. 



When John L. Sullivan came to Sydney he was 

 under an eng-agement with the Messrs. MacMahon to 

 play in a piece written for him, called, ^^ Honest 

 Hearts and Willing Hands.^^ Her Majesty's theatre 

 was taken for the pugilist's debut in Sydney. John 

 L. Sullivan was a dire frost as an actor. Probably the 

 want of appreciation shown him on the stage made 

 him eager to display his prowess off the stage. As the 

 Americans would put it, he "went on a jag.''^ 

 Sullivan cleared bars and smashed things generally, 



