An officer was giving a lecture on knotting and lashing, and while, he-was explaining the use of a knot called a cat's paw he. noticed that one of the men had gone to sleep. "Gunner Murphy!" he -shouted, "what's a cat's paw used f6r?" Murphy answered dreamily* Catching mice, sorr.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 255, 28 October 1929, Page 8
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