During the interwar years writers started to explore the distinctive life and language of New Zealanders. One was the Taranaki writer Frank Anthony, who here tells an amusing tale of ‘baching’ with his mate, Gus. The sketch by Nevile Lodge is from a 1951 edition of Me and Gus.
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Reference:
Frank S. Anthony, Me and Gus. Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1951.
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