Geometry Test
According to an examination paper: “A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.” It is easier to fight for one’s principles than live up to them. “Spanking is something which is inflicted on one end to impress the ether.”—Will Durant. * Adv. in a South Carolina newspaper : “Lost, fox terrier. Reward offered : one can of sliced pineapple, ration value 16 points.”
“Trouble you for a match, sir?” It was in a Wellington street car.) “No!” snapped the man addressed, “Haven’t got one, wouldn’t give it if I had. Smoking is a shocking waste of time and money.” “I’m not wasting your time or your money, either,” came the reply. The surly passenger grunted. There are men like that, unfortunately. They get no pleasure out of life, and hate to see others get any. The chap that has no use for tobacco is to be pitied. Only the smoker knows the joy of smoking. It’s a very harmless pleasure, too. Choose your tobacco wisely, that’s all, and avoid brands loaded' with nicotine, as most of the imported leaf is. Our toasted New Zealand tobacco is the stuff; The toasting neutralises the poisonous nicotine, so that you can smoke all you want with absolute safety. Toasted leaf has a more delightful flavour, by the way, and a rare fragrance of its own. There are only five brands : Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Cut Plug No. 10, Cavendish, and Navy Cut No. 3. —R.P. 184.
A little push may make a stum-bling-block into a stepping-stone. * To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
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Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 42, 29 July 1943, Page 3
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267Geometry Test Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 42, 29 July 1943, Page 3
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