After a long life of droving Saltbush Bill is appointed a J.P. (Justice of the Peace). But he is disappointed to find no mention of pay until he discovers, in his contract, the line "A magistrate may charge a pound/For inquest on a fire." Bill and the local indigenous population collude to make good use of this provision.[1]
^ abAustlit - "Saltbush Bill, J.P." by A. B. Paterson
^The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p670
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