Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 11 October 1922
dere frend ows it jiggin. I seen in the papers that theres a bit of a shindy down yure way about avin Sunday games in the parks, we ave allus ad games up ere of a Sundee like op step an jumpin an koits an other games in seesin but since the peeple in the city started objectin thers a sorta anti Sundee sport movement started up ere an the parsin as roped in Bill Smith agen. Bill gets kinverted about 2 or 3 times a yeer an when e does e's the worst kind uv wowser I ever see but e aint got the nack of tonin down is langwidge. Lars sundee Bill cot sum of the kids playin tip cat behind the church an Bill went onkus an got relligis manier. But I wudent like to put down in blak an wite exsackly wot e did say but e tole em they was blankety blank blank little blankers an e wud blanky well show em they wasent goin to brake no blanky sabbaths wile e was about. Then the parsin cum out an tole Bill off an Bill looks as if is best frend ad bit im. E sez after that relligins all rite but wen a man gits reel ernest the parsins turn im down cold so Bills backsild again. I see the go slow movement is still goin strong down yure way. Yung erb oo wurks fer Jim airey a naber of mine trid it on the other day. E nocked off chopin wood and sat down on a log to ave a smok an Jim direy sez all rite you stop there an keep smokin and a wudent let erb do nothin els. At the end of 3 days yung erb cum to Jim an sez quite humble like please cud e do a bit of graft cos loaf'n was a damnsite ardor wurk than choplin wood. So erb aint goin slo no more. hoppin you are the sam Yours truly Ben Bowyang