Ah!' said Wardley, 'the times are different from my young d… - Randolph Bedford

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Ah!' said Wardley, 'the times are different from my young days. We were independent then; a fair day's work for a fair day's pay; that's all we asked. Here are young fellows today without any sense of independence. My two sons have taken the Old Age Pension.'
'How old are they, Bill?'
'One's seventy-four and the other seventy-two! No pride.

Randolph Bedford

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(born George Randolph Bedford; 27 June 1868 – 7 July 1941) was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.

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