Speaking to a remit “that the slate be reinstated in place of the writing-' block,” at the meeting of the Do . minion executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Mr. J. H. Joll (Hawke’s Bay) declared that thousands of pounds were being wasted to-day in schools through the grossly extravagant use of writing paper. Pupils commenced their compositions some inches down the- page* loit wide margins, and signed their names inches below. It- appeared to him that children were being taught to be grossly extravagant. -The remit was carried,
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. What about it? A Beautiful Diamond Ring at Half-price from .Stoneham’s, Jewellers, Gisborne. **
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10726, 25 October 1928, Page 5
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