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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
12
Smiley Greevine plans to save for a bike after a schoolmaster opens a savings account for him. He attempts to steal a watermelon from Willie Coy a Chinese carpenter, witnesses a transaction between Willie and Hankin the pub keeper who then gives him $5 and tells him to stay quiet.
Smiley and Blue scheme to buy a joey kangaroo and trade for milk for Thunderguts. They plan to steal a gun, chase game, and worry about Mr Rankin guarding a pipe as they hide near the dam and flee from his angry threat.
Two boys Smiley and Blue scheme to become bushrangers to rob passersby. A girl, Jean Holt, joins inadvertently and is pecked by ants after a staged hold up. They fashion crude masks from tree bark and prepare to ambush travelers near the Tambo road. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as they await victims.
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