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Shannon News, 7 September 1923, Page 4

While illustrating to the parents at the dental hygiene lecture at Masterton how the majority of people discarded the most nutritious portion of the food and gave the children the rubbish, Colonel Hunter stated that if the hens were given the same stuff that was put before the children, people would not get much in the way of eggs. . Amusing stories of notes received by school teachers, explaining the absence of pupils, are frequently told. Here (says the Gisborne “Times”) is the text of a note that came to the Gisborne main school last week: “Please excuse John for being away half a day; his mother is in hospital with a little baby. I will see it doesn't happen again.”