Awkward!—" O, Edith, won't you kiss Dr. M'Cluskie ?" " I'm so shy, mamma! You kiss him first! "
It is rumored, says the ' Post, ' that prior to Mr. Vogel's departure he made things pleasant with His Excellency the Governor, by providing suitable billets into which the Private Secretary, A.D.C., and Assistant A.D.0., are to be drafted when the gubernatorial staff is broken up. We fail to see what these gentlemen, or the Governor, have done to entitle therii to be provided for at the expense of thfe colony* und to the detriment oi officers already m the service. It is said that His Excellency's anxiety to provide for his followers extended even to his chrf de cuisine, for whom a billet in c nnection with BeUamy's was asked, but as this v wss not within the gift: of the Premier, the request was declined lay those to whom."'twas ■
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 292, 3 October 1874, Page 3
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146Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 292, 3 October 1874, Page 3
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