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Letter: Warning. Irony

Published 14 August 2013

From Jim Hone

I read Feedback’s item about the sign at a beach in Western Australia bearing the words “WARNING. Water” with interest (13 July). I too have seen the sign, and it left me speechless. Despite the fact that someone was killed by a shark a few months earlier at the same beach, I did not see a sign warning of sharks.
Canberra, ACT, Australia

Issue no. 2930 published 17 August 2013

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