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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 December 1914, Page 3

A Scotsman had the misfortune to get arrested and sentenced. He was given a bucket of water, a brush, and a cake of soap, and told to wash his cell. Some time later the warder came in and saw the prisoner giving himself a thorough scouring1. "Here, he cried, "what are you doing ? Didn't I tell you to wash your cell '?" "Aye, an' am I no wash in' masel' ?" asked the surprised offender. The skins of 100,000 animals are used every year for the covers of Oxford I3i);les alone, and 400,000 shrets of gold are required for the gilt lettering.