A Sunday school teacher in Invercargill has added one more to the collection of ingenuous remarks of young New Zealanders (says the Times). The teacher was testing the memory of members of his class, and asked them, “ What was the text from which the minister preached last Sunday ? ” A blank silence followed. Then a childish face brightened and a treble voice announced, “ Please, sir, his text was ‘ We will now take up the offering.’ ” Searchers for blackberries on the Hauraki Plains have been disappointed this season, as the berries are much harder to find than the number of bushes indicate. The dry season has tempted many farmers to destroy the weeds by fire, and the lack of rain probably also accounts for the extreme smallness of the berries. | Many bushes have been attacked by a blight resembling fireblight.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 226, 1 March 1928, Page 4
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