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(Sent in by Nancye Horspool, 214, Great North Itoad, Grey Lynn.) During a history lesson, one gin was heard to remark that potatoes are the stable food of the Irish. In reply to a question as to whom was concerned in the policy of blood and bone, one girl answered "The Iron Duke." The Chancellor of the Exchequer is in clia>ge of the fiancees of the country. Copra is a native policeman. Gherkin is someone that runs after you with a knife.' Queen Elizabeth was a stout Protestant; she had all the Catholics put under a steak.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 219, 16 September 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)
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98HOWLERS Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 219, 16 September 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)
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