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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 320, 12 August 1879, Page 3

" iEgles," in the Australasian, remarks: Municipal economy is to be commended. Uufortunately, however, the quantity of work got out of a municipal officer may not always be compatible with good quality. One of the shires Just, now wants a- good all-round man. He must have testimonials, and if they are to refer to appointments rilled by him similar to those for which he is now invited to offer himself he must necessarily have had extensive experience. The pay offered is £250 a year, and the successful applicant is to perform the combined duties of'secretary, engineer, treasurer, Viduer,: and "j herdsman/ One can; picture ; rthis pampered official tailing stray ca'ttie, armed with the rate book, k valuation schedule^ a , cash-box, and a dumpy level! I refrain from naming the shire, whose Councillors have hit upon the quite original expedient of combining the offices of ' engineer' and 'herdsman,' lest there should be an indecent rush of candidates. ; The Concillors have not quite perfected the round of duties. Why not, have included those ot ' dustman and 'chimney-sweep ?'" A preacher airuded -hi his sermon one Sunday to the dcaih.of one of his fair and fashionable parishioners, and stated that her life on earth had well fitted her. for the place to which she had gone. There is a charming ambiguity about, this which cannot be too highly recommended. That parson's a Trimmer. <Mr Mkr- 1 i_%d{ ! tidtMV Jbf 'the-«'Re-* miniscences-of 'Fifty Years,'.' : mentions that a Scotch gentleman; of fortune on his death bed asked, the minister whether if he left a large sum to : the Kirk his salvation would be secure. The cautious minister responded—" I' would not like to be positive, but it's weel worth trying." . English is the Court, language of Germany., It is ,a prohd' moment when & Britain or Acaerican,. visiting the palace, is saluted with—" Dot vos apooty schplentit morning,;airi'tit?". 7 : ' A French gentleman reproached his son for carrying; a; gold watch in a very careless and exposed manner; but the young gentleman persisted in the practice, in spite of. parental admonition. , In a crowd at a theatre, one .evening > the old gentleman asked his son to tell him what o'clock it was, and young man was distressed and mortified to find hie watch had been stolen. " Never mind," said the father, smiling, "I tookitmyaelf to show you how ■easily you could be robbed—here it is 1" He put his hand in his fob to restore it; but 10, and behold, it was gone! Some thief, more adroit than himself, had appropriated the property.