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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
12
A scattered collage of jokes and dialog snippets features Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown quarrelling over a tea spill, a boast about cheaper rival prices, a doctor visit for insomnia, a barber shop exchange over a razor, and quick quips about rent, debts, and eccentric daily life.
Readable scraps show conversations about films and romance. Characters argue over Westerns, wealth, and a chorus of social quirks in a bustling street scene. Mentions include actors, a motor coach driver, a sparrow, and a fashion resort tale.
A man seeking evening entertainment discovers an Amateur Dramatic Society in a large hall. The scene shifts between comic misunderstandings and quips about gifts, horseshoes, and a jewelers’ shop, as hapless banter unfolds in a chaotic sequence of jokes and misheard lines.
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