HOWLERS." Among some delightful schoolboy mistakes recorded in the current issue of the University Correspondent are:— A grass widow is the wife of a dead vegetarian. 6s T ßd tiUm qUid 18 a legal term meaning Ca^pentier WaS 3 M - k b ° Xer * ; fou g ht A circle is ground straight line with, a hole in the middle. iBacchus first taught the Greeks to get drunk and Raleigh named tobacco after I him in honour of the Virgin Queen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18333, 24 February 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)
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79Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18333, 24 February 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)
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