THE GRAVING DOCK.
To the Editor. Sir,—“ One who has to pay for it,” has made a mighty parade about the Engineer for the Graving Dock being a subordinate in Mr Ba’four’s office. Allow me to tell him he is labouring under a mistake, as ho will find if he takes the trouble to enquire. And supposing he had been so—what engineer or other professional man has not ? Is it not necessary every man should learn his profession ? On the other hand, can you tell me of a more eminent engineer of his day than Telford ? He never hesitated to tell anybody he was a subordinate ; he was proud of saying he had begun at the bottom of the ladder. He would say “ Why, 1 have been a navvy,” .and he had discernment enough to know it was no disgrace to him ; on the other hand he looked on it as creditable to have been through all the grades to the head of his profession, until he became the great authority on engineering matters of his day. —One who was a subordinate in Telford’s Office. Dunedin, Aug. 26.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2662, 29 August 1871, Page 2
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188THE GRAVING DOCK. Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2662, 29 August 1871, Page 2
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