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In 1983 Wellington printing apprentice Mark Elphick was tied to a lamp post and drenched in glue, paste, ink and waste paper by his workmates to mark the completion of his apprenticeship. This is a long-standing ritual in the printing trade known as ‘meeting the binder’s daughter’.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP-Labour-Printers-01
by John Nicholson
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