“The modern boy is a firm fellow,” says the head of Harrow. "You can trust him far more than you can trust the modern man. But. his nerves are not perfect. There is something subtly wrong with the nerves of the bo.v born during the war; and I am afraid the boy born after the war. who will be arriving at school in about .18 months' time, will be even more nervy. He will need careful handling. The modern boy is cinch more civilised than his grandfather was as a boy—more civilised oven than his father. That is why birching is going out of fashion." A giant mushroom, weighing Sib. and measuring SJ inches in diameter, was found by Mr. T. Ash. of Hawera, on the Tiiriit.uru-Mokoio reserve (says tho ■‘Star”).
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 64, 9 December 1926, Page 8
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131Untitled Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 64, 9 December 1926, Page 8
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