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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
14
In Aberdeen a street musician laments not earning copper as he pleads with a doorstep native. A farmer asks about a cottage picture while an artist explains it will be used for a summer rental exhibition.
A humorous montage shows an office boy mixing up stamps and addresses at the post office and two colored boys debating ghosts. A stranger asks for a criminal lawyer, and a resident complains about recognizing his marriage as “Under New Management.”
A compilation of jokes and light sketches features a wary angler and a huge salmon, a burglar under a bed with a whispered misdirection, romance mishaps, a denture gag, and quips about dry months and theatre life. Local characters, couples, and tradesmen deliver quick one liners and dairy of comic misunderstandings.
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