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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



SIR JOHXSTON FORBES KOBKKISON. 



The greatest Shake8pe:irian actor of our time, 

 who was recently knighted by the King. 



been mild ; but it has brought its 

 lessons. It has served to give the 

 medical profession a little useful prac- 

 tice, and a large return in hard cash. 

 It has also resulted in a large number 

 of people being vaccinated, some from 

 clioice, others from compulsion. It has 

 been a strange sight to see the Sydney 

 Town Hall basement crowded day after 

 day with three or four thousand men, 

 women and children, their sleeves rolled 

 up, waiting for the doctor to apply the 

 magic vaccine. Most of the large busi- 

 ness houses commanded their em- 

 ployees to be vaccinated, and in most 

 cases engaged a doctor to visit the 

 establishment, and operate on all and 

 sundry, from the manager down to the 

 smallest errand boy. The New South 

 Wales Government have announced the 

 preparation of a Bill to make vaccina- 

 tion for children compulsory. Of 

 course, those who are conscientioush' 

 opposed to vaccination have not been 



idle. From platform and press they 

 iiave protested against the whole busi- 

 ness ; but the great majority of the 

 people have readily and cheerfully pre- 

 sented themselves for vaccination in 

 the belief that it was in the interests of 

 public health. 



Speaker Willis Has Resigned. 



Air. Willis has vacated the office of 

 Speakership in New South Whales, with 

 as little sense of dignity as when he 

 first essayed to occupy the position. 

 It would have been better for his poli- 

 tical reputation if he had never seen 

 the Chair ; but his vanity has been his 

 undoing. He has failed to please any- 

 body, and he goes out into the political 

 wilderness like any Ishmaelite. Under 

 happier circumstances, Mr. WilHs might 

 have adorned a position which he has 

 only succeeded in belittling. He posed 

 as a strong man, but elected to employ 

 the methods of a small man. Yet he 

 has kept a whole nation merry and 



THE LATE LORD AVEBURY. 



