"SHANGHAIS" ARE OUT.
♦ "Shanghais" are in. At least they were on Wednesday (says the "Stratford I'o.-t"). but to-day they arc down and out. It may be taken for granted that every reader does not know what a "shanghai" is, but every boy loves J one. With it he can "ping" a bird on the tree and bet his "cobber" a j couple of marbles or a climb up a teleI graph pole, that he will win every time. , Accidents sometimes happen. For ini i stance, a liitotyper on the staff of the . I Stratford "livening l'ost" was at i work yesterday afternoon when he was startlA by a crash, and immediately lie was hit en the face by a piece of i' glass from a broken window at his side. Fortunately he was not struck in the eye or even marked by the blow. . The cause deepened into mystery as ■ the locality was scanned, but not a rascal was in -sight: however, sentrygo was continued, and presently a head bobbed up from behind the iron fence at the school grounds on the opposite I i side of the road. He was spotted. ! •' Nemesis followed the offender even to the headmaster's room. As the result I of the edict that went forth. Mr Tyrer collected fio less than seventeen "shanghais," much to his surprise be it stated. Now. it is reasonable to conclude that "shanghais" are out, but let all remember that boys will be boys.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 16 July 1920, Page 4
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