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DIGGERS' DIGEST
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Fix this textFRIDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1948.
Fix this textGREENSLOPES REPAT. HOSPITAL
Fix this textGOSSIP NOTES
Fix this textTwo girls in lift t’other night
Fix this textdiscussing domestic life. One
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Fix this textreplied: “Oh, I don’t know.
Fix this textWhen you get married you look
Fix this textat the same man for the rest of
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Fix this textScotty Pearson, an extra good
Fix this textbedmaker. The only difference
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Fix this textStrangler is that the Chinaman
Fix this textuses rope instead of sheets.
Fix this textYoung Edna seems very
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Fix this textBelieve Jeff had a pretty
Fix this textlively time in Sydney on his
Fix this textholidays. Bit hot down there,
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Fix this textMike and Charlie had a good
Fix this textsun cooking the other day.
Fix this textThey really went out fishing.
Fix this textNf) fish!
Fix this textThe two girls who walked
Fix this texteight miles home from a party
Fix this texton Saturday night must be
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Fix this textSmashing good time was had
Fix this textby Sizzle the other day. It’s
Fix this textto be hoped the potteries don’t
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Fix this textBelieve Noel is on the milk
Fix this textnow; one glass per hour. It will
Fix this textbe a cow if the cows go on
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Fix this textThat chap with the bow and
Fix this textarrow is a better shot than
Fix this textWilliam Tell. Ask Nellie.
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Fix this textweren’t too sure of their ages
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Fix this textCHURCH SERVICES
Fix this textChurch of England: Holy
Fix this textCommunion, 9.30 a.m. Sundays,
Fix this text7 a.m. Wednesdays. Chaplain
Fix this textReilly.
Fix this textCatholic: Holy Mass, 8 a.m.
Fix this textSundays. Chaplain Torpie.
Fix this textOther Protestant Denomina-
Fix this texttions: Combined Service, 8.45
Fix this texta.m. Chaplain Martin.
Fix this textIf you need help, ask for your
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Fix this textLETTERS TO THE
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Fix this textDear Sir, —
Fix this textLittle or nothing has been
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Fix this textCross Link, who bring us maga-
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Fix this textspeak for all patients when I
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Fix this text“An Appreciative Patient.”
Fix this text"MALENY SOJOURN"
Fix this textBy HOMER
Fix this textAnticipation ran high last
Fix this textThursday as a tribe of patients,
Fix this textmale and female, waited for the
Fix this textRed Cross bus to depart Green-
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Fix this textThere were no farewell speeches,
Fix this textbecause this time Gordon Cun-
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Fix this textseventy-three mile trip up into
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Fix this textFirst call was at the “Moun-
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Fix this textold MVH—for morning tea, and
Fix this textwhat a morning tea! Freshly
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Fix this textcream, washed down with tea;
Fix this texttruly a feast fit for the gods.
Fix this textNoticed the females of the
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Fix this textthough they hadn’t a figure to
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Fix this textroad was quite good, which
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Fix this textIt would have been quite diffi-
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Fix this textAfter Landsborough we com-
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Fix this textWe arrived at Maleny just
Fix this textafter eleven o’clock and were
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Fix this text“woman.” —I think it would be
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Fix this texthave been working since very
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Fix this textIt really beggars description.
Fix this textAfter lunch an invitation was
Fix this textextended to us to visit the but-
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Fix this textafter rounding up a few of the
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Fix this textthe town to the look-out. What
Fix this textnatural upheavals thrust the
Fix this textGlasshouses up from the sur-
Fix this textrounding semi-flat country per-
Fix this texthaps millions of years ago? We
Fix this textcould well believe that Crook-
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Fix this textfantastic formation, as its name
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Fix this textOur next port of call was tlje
Fix this textbutter factory, where the fore-
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Fix this textinterested in every stage of the
Fix this textmaking, even to the wrapping
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Fix this textcouple of volunteers turned
Fix this texttheir hands to box-making, but
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Fix this textBack then to the hall for a
Fix this textsing-song and afternoon tea.
Fix this textAfter our sing-song Gordon
Fix this textCunningham expressed our
Fix this textthanks to the Maleny Branch
Fix this textof Red Cross for their time and
Fix this texttrouble in making the day such
Fix this textan enjoyable one and one that
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Fix this textthank Gordon for his chaperon-
Fix this textage and Mrs. Harrison, our
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Fix this textTHE WEEK WITH RED
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Fix this textFriday, 19th March, Pictures:
Fix this text“Stairway to the Stars,” “Forty
Fix this textThieves,” 6.45 p.m.
Fix this textSunday, 21st March, Picnic:
Fix this textRed'cliffe, 10 a.m. Billo Smith
Fix this textand Cloudland Band, 7.45 p.m.
Fix this textMonday, 22nd March, Pic-
Fix this texttures: “Canyon Passage,”
Fix this text“Never a Dull Moment,” 6.45
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Fix this textTuesday 23rd March, Enter-
Fix this texttainment by Percy Garner and
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Fix this textThursday, 25th March, Pic-
Fix this texttures: “Dangerously They
Fix this textLive,” “George Washington
Fix this textSlept Here,” 6.45.
Fix this textOwing to Friday, 26th March,
Fix this textbeing a Public Holiday, Pictures
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Fix this textnight, 25th March, as men-
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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