CROWD OF MARRYING MEN.
Miss Dorothea Jones, schoolmistress in the Kanaka Peak district, lias resigned because so many of the men living in the neighbourhood wanted to marry her. She held on while fifteen bachelors proposed, but when they made it sixteen she declared she would not stay. “I always was opposed to to sixteen to one,” said Miss Jones. “Besides, these men do not want a wife; they want a cook.” However,, school will be taught in Kanaka Peak .just the same. The trustees arc overwhelmed with applications. Whether it is because of Miss Jones’ many proposals or for the reason that many teachers are out of work remains to be determined.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 86, 10 April 1916, Page 2
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113CROWD OF MARRYING MEN. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 86, 10 April 1916, Page 2
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