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At school 0110 day an American schoolmaster gave a bright boy a sum n alpebia, and, although the problem was comparatively easy, the boy could not do it. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said the mastor, at your age George Washington was a surveyor." The boy looked him in the eyes and replied; H'S S'r, and at your age he was I resident of the United Stales."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 587, 26 November 1920, Page 4
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69Untitled Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 587, 26 November 1920, Page 4
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