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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 646

Fond Mother : ‘ If that boy of mine has any particular bent, I can’t find it.’ Guardian : * What experiments have you made to find out ?' Fond Mother : ‘ Very thorough ones. I gave him a toy printing press, a steam engine, a box of paints, a chest of tools, and a lot of other things carefully selected to find out whether his tastes were literary, mechanical, artistic, commercial, or what, and I know no more than I did before.’ Guardian : ‘ What did he do with them ?’ Fond Mother : * Smashed them all up.’ Guardian: * Ah, I see! He is to be a furnituremover.’