Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 05 July 1922
Dere frend, wot's ort this I ear in the city concernin the rumpus about pom- mies an ow pommies aint no good wich as the sayin is gits ther backs up an I don blame em neether. pommies aint so bad wen you cum ter no them an thers good ror materyl in em fer makin dinkum aussies we got a few up ere an at fust they was fritened to kill the snakes an goanas for fear theyd be pinched fer poachin but they soon changed when one of em got inter bed with a snake o never waited to kinsider the same laws Hees the best ax man in the districk now an as lerned to cum like a bullocky hop- pen you are the same yours truly Ben Bowyang p.s. I seen in the paper the state govt is in fums an strong fer country develipmint tell Mr Lawson about that bit of a bridge between my place an Bill Smiths theres 3 planks gone an the stringers rottin if it aint mended e don't get our voats.