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The narrator rants against the changing nature of letter-writing and correspondence between England and Australia, stating that 'Penny Postage and electricity have ruined correspondence' by encouraging the exchange of a proliferation of poorly considered, trite and irrelevant information.

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    Australia,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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