Tho identity of tho young lady is withheld, but the memory of her answer, lingers on with the instructor conduct ing a science course at a local hign school. One of Hie requirements in the written examination was: "Define a bolt and nut and expluin tho difference, if anv." Tho girl wrote:—“A bolt is a
thing like a stick of hard metal, such as iron, with a square bunch on one end arid a lot of scratching wound round the other end. A nut is similar to the bolt, only just the opposite, being a ’• ; n a little chunk of iron sawed off h wrinkles around the inside of the Hole."
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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111Untitled Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 34, 10 February 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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