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Mr Gladstone being , one, day. in,t the London office of Mr Lindsay, tbe 5 ship owner, making a note 'of some shipping returns for his ISudget, a .brusque and wealthy Sunderland.ship: owner, who was" watching him,,, was struck by. the. industrious , and in.teUi-j gent way. in. Vhic,li -'.lie, wen,t,. to, work, and,wi.thout dispoyerin^ wljohe was, said ! '* Thou writes o bonny hand, tnou dost." "I am glad you think so," wasthe reply. "Thou does j thou makest thy figures well ; thous't just the chap I want." "Indeed." "Yes indeed," said the Sunderland man. "I am. a man of few words, now if thoul't come' over to Sunderland I'll give thee £120 a year. Now, then." " Tax much obliged for the offer," was the answer^ "and when Mr Lindsay comes in I'll; consult him." Mr Lindsay,, when he came in, kept up. the joke, saying he, would not stand in the youiog man's; way, and the sooner they knew each, other the better. " Allow me, there-* fore, to introduce to you the Bight' Hon. W. E. Gladstone, of the Exche-. quer." There was much laughing.— Exchange. * ' A large number of human remains, have have been found in clearing the fern between Alexandra and Te Bore, some of which were evidently the bones of warriors who had been killed and (soaked in. the early day*.