Learned The Hard Way
When a prospective workman approached a Northland local body officer for employment ina quarry, the incident had its amusing side. Asked his experience in this class of work the applicant surprisingly replied: “I was six months in the Auckland prison. I worked in the quarry all that time.” He did not get the job as his gaol experience did not qualify him for a quarryman’s ticket.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 94, 31 October 1947, Page 7
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70Learned The Hard Way Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 94, 31 October 1947, Page 7
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