Some of the census papers received by the Wairoa police afford much amusement (remarks the Wairoa Star). A typical one stated that the head of the family was a male five years and seven months old. He was however, married, but was a widower. His father and mother were dead; in fact, thev were both dead. He was working for wages, which were under £52 per annum, and in the next place he said he had r.o income whatever, although he was in regular employment with one of the Wairoa local bodies. His Christian name wa« “Tom-Ass,” and relationship to the head of the family was one horse and two cats. This person was decidedly Irish.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3769, 8 June 1926, Page 86
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