Four tenders were received by the Wakari School Committee for alterations and additions to the school hall, and that of Mr A. 0. Fountain was accepted, the price being £505 3s 6d. When the hall is completed the dimensions will be_3oft by 58ft, and, in addition, there will bo a lady teachers’ retiring room, a hat and cloak room, a supper room, and a muchneeded fully-equipped kitchen. In all, the additional flooring will cover 1,120 square feet. The contractor anticipates handing over the completed work at the end of October. A Guardsman just managed to board a second-class compartment on a moving train. A man seated in the carriage endeavored to be funny at the expense of the soldier’s clay pipe by saying, “ Young man allow me to inform you that out of every ten cases of men suffering from paralysis of the tongue nine are due to smoking.” “ Maybe,” replied Tommy. “ But let me inform you that out of ten cases of people with broken noses nine are caused through the habit of not minding , their own business.”
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Evening Star, Issue 18045, 12 August 1922, Page 3
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179Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 18045, 12 August 1922, Page 3
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