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Newspaper
Bega Budget
Location
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
6
A humor piece lampoons government surplus and road spending in a spoof Christmas cheer. The narrator quips about bad roads, inflated budgets, and a rough country setting, invoking local names and a folksy tone to mock bureaucratic excess. The cartoonish verse offers a satirical snapshot of a coastal or rural community’s holiday mood.
In a shabby boarding house Wardlace frets over a Christmas box from Mrs Hashamstake while Hardface quits in a fury over unpaid board. A heavy box on the door proves empty, its weight a joke, and the tale shifts to Christmas chorus and mistletoe mischief with witty banter between Algernon and Seraphing as they muse on holiday romance.
Mabel Merle, an Australian artist, faces a conflict between love and ambition as Harald Heywood professes devotion but she rejects marriage to pursue art and public recognition. An exhibit titled Love's Dawning prompts self reflection and a pivotal encounter revealing true feelings, leading to a turning point in her pursuits.
A narrator recalls a remote Australian selection near mountains and a river, describing a vivid past. Father, once a fierce stockman, wrestles with a tree in a windy Christmas story, then survives a brutal cattle drive gone wrong, finally recovering from injuries while memories of that wild time endure.
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