TEACHER HOAXED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19023, 25 May 1936, Page 13

TEACHER HOAXED

INCIDENT AT A CJISBORNE SCHOOL How a kind-lioartcd girl teacher was hoaxed by her boy pupils, is a topic of much amusement to the remainder of the staff of a Gisborne school. When the school reopened, one boy had a most distressing cough, and at length the teacher could stand it no longer. She left the room, returned with, a, eup of warm water and a bottle of cough elixir, and gave the lad a dose. The effect was immediately, seen, and the coughing stopped. For n time all was silence. Then a perfect barrage of coughing broke out—base coughs, treble coughs, in fact all sorts of coughs. The teacher took no notice. The. noise grew worse. The teacher ran through her mind the grounds for punishment, but it was evident thai a child could not lie punished for merely coughing. Meanwhile, the noise; continued. She sent out for more hot water, placed the bottle of Brain well's One Nought One Meanwhile, the noise; continued. Sin sent out for more hoi, water, placed tin bottle of Bramwcll's One Nought Oik on the table in full view of the class and then made ivp doses for the chil ilren, who were meanwhile in hugi glee at their unexpected luck in sip ping the favourite elixir. At. Jengtl the bottle was finished, and teachiii} resumed, but strange to say, even thos< who could not obtain a dose of elixir who could not, obta erased to cough. Ihe teacher wonder to be good-hearted One Nought One h,i ot, obtain a dose of elixir, nigh. On the way home wondered whether it paid leurled, for her bottle of One had completely gone, had more than nt all leading stores and al the i'liarui'icy, this wonderful compound is four limes as strong as the usual elixir, immediately relieves all coughs, colds and chest ailments, nets as a tonic, and is engerlv taken by both adults and children."