Competitive ExaminaTION.
(Exchange.) It is asserted that the following answers were given by the pupils of school during the examination by the Inspector :— Where is Turin?— Turin is the capital of Chiner; the people there live on birds' nestff, and has long tales; Whatf do youfcnow of the patriarch Abraham ?— He was the father of hrt, and had tew wives. Wun was called Hismale and. t'other Haygur. He kep' wun at homeland he hurried the t'other into thejdesert, where she becanie a pillow ,6f saltin the daytime, and a pilow ot fire at nite, "Who was Moses ?— He was an Egypjrian. Be lived m a bark made of bulk rushers, and he kept : a golden car) and worehipt braizen Bnakes, aud bet nothin' but k wales and manner for foity yeais. Hewaskort by the 'air of his 'ed while riding under a bow of a tree, and Was killed by his son Absolon as he was ha*ngin' from *he bow, H,is end was pease*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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164Competitive Examina-TION. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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