The Science of Economy Reduced to Practice.
;The busy little' ihan ' who bosses ithe Borough; Cduhcil, and would 'like to boss the mayor (but finds that rather a tough job), v has got himself rather into hot •water with the carters, with whom time* are^nphejtO: brisk just at present^: It ippears that a cart was wanted tot convey the Borough books to the new offices. The Borctugh cart had just emptied a load of metal,' when the champion ecpnomiift conceived the brillianMdea to v cart, over jtheibpbks ; m the Borough cart^ He ittptted} acsross, tp the Mayor'tp obtain his permission. His Worship pointed^ out that m doing so ' would throw, three of the Borough labourers idfe dntil the ca^t, came back, and all to save righteenpence for a cart. And besides the cart m its condition after carting metal was scarcely fit. to .■carry over the Borough books. .The little customer felt he was slighted, ,;and went away m higrh; dudgeon. A dray • was ' hired- and the- books carted over at an;^expense of .eighteenrpence- :.to jthe Borough. The c^rte^s .srot hold of, iVthe^ yarn,, and they would just like to bjiye a chance to tell that-fussy little gonitleman m a few plain wo'rHs exactly what : they' think of him and his view's on economy. J ' •-'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 64, 14 August 1885, Page 2
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215The Science of Economy Reduced to Practice. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 64, 14 August 1885, Page 2
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