“WORK.”

Grey River Argus, 28 June 1922, Page 3

“WORK.”

EMIGRANTS’ VOCABULARY. BRISBANE, June 8. A telegram from Townsville announces the arrival of 273 more immigrants from Italy—the great majority of them hieing young men. Most of the newcomers, adds the message, could only say the word “Work”— perhaps the one word in all the world that Australia needs to hear to-day. Hut it has a really melodious and sil-ver-tuned tingle about it when cheap— We uo speaka da Britcesh spoke. But nr ka da. plenty mon For du Boss, who giva d-a preach, that work Is mucha da same as fun. We getta da grip of da hand-shake big And feesha-da-chip-like smirk When we tell him da great big fabricate — We speaka da one word “Work”!