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weighed down with parcels containing all sorts of objects and of all shapes

Jim Steele digs for victory

A fat Lord Mayor sits in the stocks

Lee Guinness took the land speed record to 133

Hercules and The Hydra mb-artistname William Allan The successor to this early'Hercules and The Hydra', 1870. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, dressed as Hercules. The hydra, a mythical many headed serpent here represents all the various difficulties that Mr Gladstone will face during the coming Session of parliament. Armed with a large sword, he will have to behead each of the problems which include sanitary and railway reform, education and various Irish issues. From Punch, or the London Charivari,