Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 19 September 1922
dere frend ows it jiggin i got yure telegram sayin as you wud be out of town durin the week an you cudnt put up me and the family an bill smith at yur flat an you wus sorry you aint neer as sorry as we are becos im shor we wud ave injoyd yure kumpane any ways we fixed up to go to bill smiths wifes cusins place e as a ay an oates store an e is chargin us 3 bob a nite for the use of is big shed which I rekon is a bit of but I ear the rest of ???? is stil up in the city an I spose we gotta put up with it. I seen in the paper lately where yure still avin some fuss in the city about playin games in the parks ... avin a bit of a go up ere to ... bill smith was givin a little ... ...... place when the .... came by ....aint yu men ashamed of ... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... opin you are the same yurs truly Ben Bowyang ...
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