administrator of tiie Home Affairs Department. That many stories might be told of his doings there, of his revolt, for instance, against r.d-tapeism, which found expression in a denunciation of leading civil servants as "giltspurred roosters." I,'hat one could also tell of his changes in the methods of departmental work, of his successful bargainings with land agents, and the saving of many thousands*©! pounds for the Commonwealth on the purchase of sites for the Federal buildings. That Bran scorn he's company of entertainers known as the Dandies are billed as the "Rollicking Reds." That they have no connection with the "Raging Reds" of the Federation of Labor. That the Dandies will get themselves disliked by the Wellington capitalist papers if they flaunt so brazenly a <?.lor and a title which are anathema to the press.
DRINK SURATURA " D "■ TEA.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 80, 20 September 1912, Page 1
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139Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 80, 20 September 1912, Page 1
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