Dentistry on the West Coast

There are sturdy folk in South Westland. A man of 60 years of age who had 20 teeth pulled by a compassionate dentist on a walking tour, thereafter sang two songs and gave recitations, while the heroine of another wayside extraction, who was in the midst of baking, nursed her baby whilst the tooth was drawn, and then insisted upon handing around afternoon tea to the coach party. — ODT, 29.1.1921.