The danthonia grass uvas high round it vicarage hear Auckland. The. vieat had watched it' grow and ripen. He decided that it had to be cut. He put oh.. old -clothes and got to work. A mail,* : who - was.-evidently a visitor to the district, came along. /‘May I have a look at the ciuHch?”' he ' .inquired. The request was granted iwith pleas. urCv Aftci’ inspecting- the church the visitor watched the ; giass- cutting. “I’m Mowed if wo ciui get any of the laymen down our way to do that,” lie, said. “Neither can I,” said the vicar. When the visitor found put the identity of the man with tlio scythe he probably reflected on the many odd jobs that come the way of a country vicar.-/' •' . -I'
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11836, 18 January 1933, Page 2
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127Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11836, 18 January 1933, Page 2
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