'A Melbourne magistrate recently received a lesson in Australian slang, when a youth appeared before him on a charge of riding a motor cycle in a manner dangerous to the public. The youth, after being charged, said that he was not riding the motor cycle at the time in question. The cycle! he said, was at his "cobber'e" place. the defendant "Dit" him for his "bike: The Magistrate:—"Bie him?
The Witness:—Got it from him. The Youth Do you know any thing "about "the!
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