Ministerial Forgetfulness.
; ; Whei; tje • ;. Hon., Mr: fiipk; ; was' : in Napier spine time ago; the Mayor (jrbVe hijin;ijU'ydahd >! the tv to^n'. fco thei^pit, pointing ou'fc' the encroacliments of 'the. railway on oar roads and of the ' Government buildings ..oij : other, streets,, and .pointing out the 'urgent necessity of ' a new railway Ration,' dsc. Mr Dick made c6pibus''nbtes, H atid promised to lay .the .Tarious, matter.B before the next meeting! of tlie 'Cabinet. Aa nothing was done, however, the Mayor again wrote to Mr Dick, reminding him of the ynojbM ,he made.,, We now learn, writes the ifaw^e's Bay Herald, m a rou^dabput wayj that Mr .Dick has lost his notes. We always thought that Mr Whitaker'wa^ the most sagacious man m the Ministry^ but 1 m an eiaiergency Mr " Diesis' eyid!ent}y afieajt ' of him; We can fajicy Hini" i returning from a toiir Witha 'snlall- portmantea'tl fuli.of jottings^ pt: lobal re^ttirement6 t aiid innocently allowing liis housemaid to light his study fire With them. -(•>!• : -!■'> ■jf *;',';*■ -fif T '■?!•; ;Z ■ :' ' ' ,'■'(' >i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2
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168Ministerial Forgetfulness. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2
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