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Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 28 Mar. 9/5: In some cases men who have suffered emerge from [solitary confinement] in such a low mental state that they have to be sent to what is called ‘the rat joint’ — the insane wing in Parramatta Gaol. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 19 Nov. 8/2: A BOOTS and Useful, 15/-. first-class hotel, ctry., tips. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 20 Feb. 12/2: ‘The largest baby we ever had here was sixteen pounds, and he was a bouncer’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 24 Oct. 4/4: ‘Old Boozington, is sickening for his regular bi-weekly attack of the horrors. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 23 Apr. 15/6: ‘Mother, we marched with a band to-day. Through the street. Oh, It was bonz – I mean splendid’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 16 Dec. 8/6: What is to be charged for the ‘long,’ the ‘medium,’ the ‘pony,’ the ‘lady’s waist’ of lager, and so on? Barmen were asked these questions yesterday, and for answer many of them could only scratch their heads, look puzzled, and say they were blowed if they knew. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 16 Dec. 8/6: What is to be charged for the ‘long,’ the ‘medium,’ the ‘pony,’ the ‘lady’s waist’ of lager, and so on? Barmen were asked these questions yesterday, and for answer many of them could only scratch their heads, look puzzled, and say they were blowed if they knew . Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 26 Mar. 15/3: None but brutal drivers will flog their cars along at ‘schedule speed’ over bad roads, when, by every dictate of common sense, a much slower speed is called for. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 17 July 6/4: That the topper has remained with us so long is probably due to our sentimental longing for the great past, when [...] cricket, [...] was such a quiet game that gentlemen played it in glossy nail-can hats. q. in Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 24 Oct. 6/7: We beat it out of the joint and headed up for the ham-and-eggery where the fight promoter generally hung out. He was [...] making wisecracks to the hash-slinger. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 12 Jan. 6/7: A cable from friends here has ‘made his marble good’ with the Government. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 3 Dec. 21/2: But the ‘tinnies’ [i.e abbrev. ‘tin dinghy’] have ‘class’ these days. They still retain their tin skins, but the metal is cut into strips and riveted on like the planks of regular wooden boats. They are built to plans. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 8 July 9/5: It is the country where railway trains run on three gauges [...] and where a double whisky and soda is called a burra-peg . Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 3 Dec. 9/2: ‘Wouldn’t it,’ one of [the soldier said] ‘be nice to have a wet canteen?' I had to laugh, because ‘Wouldn’t it make you sick,’ ‘Wouldn't it this’ and ‘Wouldn’t it that’ has become the method of expressing every complaint the men of the new army have to make [...] Of course we come in for a fair share of criticism, but, after all, is there any public activity that at some time does not get a few knocks? But all we say is - ‘wouldn’t it?'. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/6: Bonzer first appeared in the mid-19th century as bon or bons, probably from the Scottish bonny or French bon. In a 100 years many forms developed: Bonter, bontager, bontogerino, bontosher. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/6: Bonzer first appeared in the mid-19th century as bon or bons, probably from the Scottish bonny or French bon. In a 100 years many forms developed: Bonter, bontager, bontogerino, bontosher. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/5: ‘Don't chivvy me,’ said the corporal. ‘I’ve only had a bit of plonk’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/6: As here,
Japs are nips. Italians are ding
bats or dings. Germans are still
jerries. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/5: Have you ever met a drogo? Have you ever seen a sprog? You should have because they are both dinkie-die Australians. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 27 July 4/6: An Aussie soldier goes to the races to bet on the gee-gees. A plug or a nag is a moke. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 21 Oct. 13/2: A father should never take his son into a booze shop. Young hoodlums will learn vice soon euough. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 18 Apr. 3/1: The Australian crown was first minted in 1936, when it became known as ‘Casey’s cartwheel,’ because Mr. R. G. Casey wasthen Federal Treasurer. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 31 Dec. 7/3: Melbourne saxophone player Ross Fusedale said ‘bodgies’ and ‘long hairs’ were barred from jazz. ‘There's no long hairs or drape sacks here,’ he said. ‘Jazz is a serious art form’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 31 Dec. 7/3: Melbourne saxophone player Ross Fusedale said ‘bodgies’ and ‘long hairs’ were barred from jazz. ‘There's no long hairs or drape sacks here,’ he said. ‘Jazz is a serious art form’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 13/7: ‘If you see a cop let me know— I’ll be through like a Bondi tram — the old woman is after me’. Dly Teleg. (Sydney) 22 Feb. 38/4: ‘We [i.e. Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis] made, a louse of a film together called Conflict. It bored the pants off both of us’. D. Telegraph (Sydney) 18 June 🌐 Beadman loves Honky Tonk life. The champion jockey says he is enjoying Hong Kong racing more than ecer . D. Telegraph (Sydney) 23 Apr. 🌐 Sailor said family tragedies caused him to binge-drink and consequently use cocaine. ‘I wasn’t dealing with those issues — the binge-drinking it made you push it away . D. Telegraph (Sydney) 20 Dec. 🌐 I decided to create what I had been missing: the goop City Guide. D. Telegraph (Sydney) 15 Dec. 🌐 Women searching for Mr Right look away now. The ‘perfect’ man [...] does not exist.