"There are about 1,300,000 people iu i\'e\v Zealand and one Minister of Public Works and Railways, but I’ll bet you there are I, people wlio think they know the Minister’s job a thousand times better than he does himself.” Such was the remark of the Hon. J. Ct. Coates to the settlers of Kerikeri Inlet during his recent tour of 800 miles in the Par North (reports the New Zealand Herald). Again at Manfiakahai, Mr Coates confessed that however dillicult he found it to please others, “the most difficult person to please is oneself. 1 have tried and failed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2687, 26 January 1924, Page 1
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99Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2687, 26 January 1924, Page 1
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