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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1949
Page
13
An Ampfield Hampshire cricket shot that went for six ended in a garden and caused death after a ball was bought for £1 for dinner. An aspiring public official with a cleft palate planned corrective surgery as a nurse tested a tea tube, prompting a loud cry. The surgeon warned of pain, but the patient blamed the sugar in tea for his scream.
A collage of humorous vignettes from a Sunday, including a rural man selling a car, a nurse questioning a doctor note, a boy with fish and a minister with a farewell sermon. The scenes mix rustic folklore, shop talk, and light misadventure with punchlines about tobacco, timing, and town life.
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