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“How many children have you?” was the question put to a defendant in a judgment summons case at the Itangiora Court yesterday. “Fourteen,” was the prompt reply. “What are their ages?” asked the Magistrate. “Oh, * was the reply, “they go up the scale, one every twelve months.” Further questions elicited the facts that three children were dead, five married, and four were at work. “The four earn their clothes,” said the father, ‘’and I find them in tucker, which 1 think L am quit© entitled to do.”

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17342, 15 July 1924, Page 8

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Untitled Star (Christchurch), Issue 17342, 15 July 1924, Page 8

Untitled Star (Christchurch), Issue 17342, 15 July 1924, Page 8

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