Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 30 August 1922
dere frend 'ows the game goin. things aint to good up ere bill smith an me seen in the paper ow they was britenin up lun- don and britenin up melbun specially by avin games on sundees so bill smith an me starts a bit of a move in the progris serciety fer britenin up Gunns Gully and we perposes to ave a choppin match evry sundee afternoon an a coupler foot races an the vote was unanimos we thort we was ome an drid with the skeem when the wimmin tuk a and in it and roped in the parsen wot cums up ere. e cum along an giv us a leckchure an sez ow the ole bizness was sinful an e sez sum narsty things about a bloke named elery who looks after the dust an things in melbun an e sez why dont we cum to chuch if we got anny time anglin on our ands an ups and tells im i sends me ole four- teen to chuch evry sundee at thripence a time an if that aint a squar deel i dont no wot is. but e just flashed is glases at me and sez that chopin matches is imoril on sundees and then e goes an gets all the wimmin of the districk on is side and its kost me over 2/3 for tea in the lars week. anyways they thinks they won but bill smith oos a cunin sorter cow puts a skeem up to me an e sez anyways most of us in chopin stov wood and fire wood of a sundee after- noon wot about makin a competishun out of that so we fixed up to ave a stove wood chopin competishun nex sundee the winner to ave all the stove wood, you bet we got orl the wimmin with us an ive erd sum of em is makin a book on it an the parsen is a hi an dri but ime tole es thinkin ard anyways ile let yous no ow it cums out. Spring is cummin up ere an the tops of the sapplins is gettin red and the wat- tiles puttin out a bit of gold. hoppin you are the sam yours truly Ben Bowyang