A country school was being visited by a man who thought he knew everything. The headmaster was asking the pupils questions. "Who signed the Magna Charta?' - he asked, turning to one boy. "Please, sir, it wasn't me/* whimpered the youngster. The teacher, in disgust, told him to take his seat, but the old to-bacco-chewing countryman was not satisfied. "Why don't you call that boy back?'" he asked. '"I don't liilte his manner; I believe he did do it."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 192, 29 July 1940, Page 3
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78Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 192, 29 July 1940, Page 3
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