When Tom Heeney visited the Convent School at Rotorua and addressed the pupils there, the Mother Superior acceded to his request that the school be given an extra hour’s recess (reports an exchange). The occasion was taken by a small boy to put a suggestion to the genial boxer as he was making his way from the Convent amidst the cheers of the pupils. “When are you coming back. Tom ? ” asked the youth. “ I don’t know " replied the Gisborne boxer; “but why?” “ Well, when you do come back, ask for two hours off,” directed the opportunist. The story is told by Tom Heeney with much relish.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 70
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