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GUY FAWKES.

Why is it? For what reason are the crackers being exploded by the small fry- this morning P Some may' Understand. A great many do not. Guy Fawkes happens to have been a German. He went to England, and in a moment of aberration sought to solve the problems of the' British Empire with the aid of gunpowder. His scheme did not eventuate, and the world is supposed to be the better for it. But why should wo be continuing to remember the fifth of November? Why should one have to suffer broken rest on account of n foolish incident that occurred many years ago?' We cling to the superstitions of the past without quite knowing why we <io so.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10711, 5 November 1912, Page 4

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GUY FAWKES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10711, 5 November 1912, Page 4

GUY FAWKES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10711, 5 November 1912, Page 4

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