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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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118CUT IT SHORT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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