A small boy entered a grocer’s and said: ”A pound of! tea at. 2s 6d, a pound of butter at Is lOd. .a. pound of sugar at 5%d, and a tin of. condensed milk, Bd. And how much, change shall I get out of three half-crowns ?” “2s o%d, my boy,"' replied the shopkeep er, after making a lightning mental calculation. "Oh, thanks,” said tlw juvenile gratefully, "that’s my homework for to-night.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4467, 15 September 1922, Page 3
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