Thursday, 4 February 2021

A Story About A Dog Named Rusty...(1953).

A Story About A Dog Named Rusty...(1953).

Another wonderful story about man from Subiaco and a dog from the Dog's Refuge Home in West Subiaco/Shenton Park published in the Sunday Times in 1953. 

The article and photograph are from Trove, the database at the National Library of Australia. No copyright infringement intended. 





Sunday Times, 26 July 1953.

SEEING A DOG ABOUT A MAN

When Ted Dray of Subiaco picked out Rusty from a bunch of barking tailwaggers at Shenton Park Dogs' Refuge Home he didn't realise what was ahead of him. 

Three times this week Rusty has sought out his owner in Perth after being left at home in Park-st., Subiaco. Once he found Mr. Dray in Boans, another time at Nicholson's and then one afternoon at the Shaftesbury Hotel. 

So Mr. Dray has now decided that when he comes to town he'll bring Rusty with him. Maybe that second glass is for Rusty.



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