Robert Morton has been sentenced at Blenheim to ten years for forgery. It is not so long since he completed ten years for the same offence at Wanganui, so that he is a pretty dear customer to the colony. “Twelve pence one shilling,” said the schoolmaster. “Now, go on, sir; twenty shillings make one—what?” “They make one mighty glad these times,” replied the boy, and the teacher, who hadn’t got hie last ntouMt's salary, thought the buy wm right.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 291, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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79Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 291, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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