AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 2

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

The following is from the incorrigible Sydney '• Bulletin ":— "Governor Jervoia, of N.Z , giveß unassuming bun-«tr»gfi:lcß now and then, at which the Civil Service puts on elaborate side, and Smith, of tho Treasury, experiments to ccc how much bread und jam he can dab ror.id the Bides oL' the gulc m which ho puts his hash. One of these ufiairß was hold one evenjng recently, and all tho diplomatic and military departments wore thore discoursing strategy and other lofty subjects when th i stentorian voice of the menial at the door announced 'Mr Browne' The new* comer rushed up to Sir William and shook iiands with him, and told him that it seemed like old timoa to meet him agiin ; and Bis Excellency, with a vague idea that they had been boys together somewhere or other, murmured out some hing to tho effort thut it was with no ordinary pleasure that he gazed ooce more upon the lineaments of Mr Browne. Then Browne .strolled round the room with the aspect of a duke, and Jervoia, hardly knowing whut to do with "him, beckoned to a bnttle-Kcarred veteran who had seen much nor vice, aid asked ia an undertone who the swell might be. The battle - scarred veteran looked at Hen for ' a moment and recognised him. 'it was'thd temporary qlerk m" the dog-ta* offioßg tableau r 1 • ; - ' - ltlJ '