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memorials of the drab nineteenth century still remain in the habitations of the humbler classes in the South of England

New ales & old Inns

In these antiquated surroundings the khaki hat bobs up incessantly, & there can be heard the that familiar "language" which has startled many a bullock teams  on the banks of the Murray & in the pine forests of Queensland; issuing usually through the small doorways of the local inns - "The George", "The Royal Oak", "The Wheel", and lastly "the Plume of Feathers". Ah, the Plume of Feathers! That house of houses for the Aussie Aussie boys! There they drink by candlelight in the smoking and smokefilled  congested bar taprooms good British ale beer. Great tankards of it are

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