PULLING A PROOF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 2

PULLING A PROOF.

An amusing story comes from Simla, which shews the strenuous opposition of the majority of Anglo-Indians to the pacing of the Ilbert Bill is not withoHt a; cause. Treachery 1 and Running seem to be inseparable, front the native character, -and (marvellous is the ingenuity with which on all occasions the Hindoos succeed) m: cheating their Europeanemployers. 1 1 1 is a well-known fact that the greatest care haa to bo taken m the holding; of competitive ex* animations, as it is the amiable custom of the native printers to steal copies of the questions and sell them beforehand to the candidates. On a recent occasion one of the examiners determined that he would prevent this ; - and accordingly he went to the trouble arid expenve of having his questions lithographed. He sat and watched; the preparations of the stone; he saw all the;: impressions struck off, counted them himself, took the printer out of theiooni with him, and looked the door. . And yet copies were sold ai a rupee each that night to the students. The lithographer wore a white suit, and before he left the room he sat for a moment on the stone !