A record pass has been secured by Miss Noei \V Ilford Lewis, of Wanganui, in a shorthand speed test at 110 woics a minute. She took down her notes ana transcribed them without a single enol, thereby obtaining a 100 per cent. pass. Considering that she had only been learn-, ing shorthand for nine months, the achievement is the more meritorious. The fact that two boys from the New Zealand Institute for the Blind had been working at the Auckland Boys Employment Committee’s farm at St. John s College was mentioned at a meeting ot Ihe committee hv the secretary, Mr. N. (L Cribble,' who said their keenness ioi work had been an example to the other boys. Prices to suit the times at Good and Co.’s. Everything in great variety. Choose from our exclusive stock. [Bv special arrangement Reuter’s World service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in (i is issue, and all rights therein in A mu.-alb and New Zealand nr--1 reserved.]
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18283, 29 December 1933, Page 7
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