Belating some of his experiences as a school inspector at a meeting in Christchurch, Mr S. J. Irwin recalled an incident in Southland in which a former Director of Education was concerned. This man, accompanied by a Southland resident, was passing a hotel which, in no-licence days, was the nearest to Invercargill. The director’s companion, indicating the hotel, said: " There’s a gold mine there.” The director, unthinkingly, replied: '* Quartz? ”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26778, 22 May 1948, Page 8
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69Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 26778, 22 May 1948, Page 8
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