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4-278 (Text)

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author,male,Twigg, James Hamilton,18 addressee,male

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Letter

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147

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4-278 (Text), Text

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Private Written

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Private Correspondence

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/Western_Australia

Created:

1892

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4-278

part of:

Corpus of Oz Early English

Source

O'Farrell, 1984

pages

88
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732

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4-278-plain.txt

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4-278#Text

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Text

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I told you long ago I had sent in my name and I then thought they would send for me when wanted (I wrote to the Commissioner, Perth). A fortnight ago he wrote the inspector Bunbury and he wrote to me. I went in and passed a rough exam and a stiff medical one. I had to pay the medical myself 10s.6d. for the certificate. The Inspector said I would probably have to go to Perth and get sworn in almost immediately but I have not got orders yet. The pay is about Â£7 per month but you have to grub yourself (Â£1 a week out here). I wish I was on the force. I am about sick of here  
I am sure to be sent North where the niggers are committing great depredations. They chained up a copper the other day and sacked the station.

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