A SELL FOR THE DOMINIE.
The Wanganui Hoald has the following atcry at the < xponi-o of some Io?nl reeident : ■-" Wa if en hear ut ' tho schoolmaster abroad,' but surely tho Napier dominie who w.ia deputed to buy a lot of suitable bo ks ac pt-izjs, for h><? scholars, cold not have travel o.i fir Lfe happened to meution *o an acquaintance the fac', of being cimmleaioned to make the selection < f bonks for prize", and aaked him to recommend a few po^d outhurn The other, for fun, eaid Z >la was about iha moat extensively road writer ot (he present day The H. B. schoolmaster made a note of tho name, and or ered a full stt of Zo'a'b £b)olis m hfnds^me bindings. Guess hi-j horror when he found out the nature of their contents ! "
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1455, 13 January 1887, Page 3
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135A SELL FOR THE DOMINIE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1455, 13 January 1887, Page 3
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