Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 04 April 1923
dere frend wel i ope yous got back to town safe after spendin yer little olyday with us up ere. i wish yous cud ave staid longer than a cupler days becos ther was a lotter things i was ichin to tell yer but i never got a chanct. mine i aint slingin orf at yer abowt torkin to mutch or an- nythink like that becos owever umbel me lot in life opes i nos me manners. but you musent think that becos us peepil in the bush is good lisners we dont want to get a word in egways sumtimes. them lekshers was reel inter- estin wot you give us on the need of sity parks, an over crowdin tranes, an the roodnes of tram kinduckters or the bad infooens of movin pitchers. it was al reel entertainin but to tel you the ones trooth i was ankshus to ave a bit of a wurd with you abowt rottin rodes an pertater blite an 1 thing an nuther but i dident seam to git no chanct. but i aint slingin orf or nothink like that. you an me as been good frends now for a fare number of yeers an i no that we alwiz takes wot wun anuther sez in good part an the sprit in wich it is ment. plane tork between frends is alwiz the best i sez if yous want to remane frends. cander pays in the long run as the sayin is. so i no yous ull take it in good part an not rekin ime slingin orf when i points out 1 or 2 littel brakes yous made when yous was up ere. frinstans when yure misses sez to bil smith that e wurked is bullicks so ard that e never seemed to ave time to milk the pore things ther was no need fer er to go sower just becos bil larfed. i no bils got a narsty sor- ter larf but it cums frum is art an ort to be took in the same sprit as it is ment an thats kinely like. i aint sayin nothin abowt yous ixpectin ot barths evry mornin becos i spose its jist a abit yous git like drinkin an terback. if we ad knowed sity peepil needed washin so mutch weed ave put on a cupler karaseen tins of warter for yous. but when yure missus starts inquirin fer servyets at the diner table she dedent orter ave looked down er nose when we giv er a ankerchef. it was a clean ankerchef annyway. an this ouse dont run to servyets or finger boles eether an you got to tak us as you find us. but dont you go thinkin ime slingin orf cos ime not. the lars thing i want to say candid an between frends is that you musent git thinkin us blokes wot lives in the bush never gits no noos of anythink less than 6 munce old. we opes to be able to pay yous a visit in town in a few weeks and ave a reel good yarn about rodes an crops an bush fires an bullicks an things. ime sure you will injoy our stay as we in- dige yours if not moar. we are orl rite ere ixcep things is very dry. yours truly Ben Bowyang p.s. the missis wants to no wud you kinely inkwire the price of ½ doz ard warin servyets.