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[ Shrewton Inns & Ale ]
[SHREWTON SCENES][Inns, Ales and Dances]
(Whilst we were encamped at Rollestone, Shrewton was a village we frequently visited, because it was the nearest one; and when pay night came round, the troops usually "shook the old place up" in true Australian style. Money, I have seen flung about with a reckless indifference probably never witnessed reminiscent of the ?? roaring days when our their there forebears dissipated with extravagant profusion the hard won wealth of from Ballarat & Bendigo & Ballarat.
The same wilid spirit that which caused the adventurers of the fifties to light their pipes with pound notes & shoe their horses with gold is abroad in the Army today & by their dest that is the
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