A State Asset

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 6

A State Asset

ONE can almost hear Henry R. Bush, returning-officer for Thames say, as he tosses the last be-labelled ballot-box into the lumber-room: "Well, thank goodness that lot is over. And please don't talk . about a dissolution to me!" But elections are only a side-line *o H.R.B. and long experience has' taught him the short cuts lo quick results. He has a lien on the position of clerk of the court plus all those loose-end jabs that are mostly tacked on to the willing toiler. Paeroa and Thames have known him for long sessions and he has "sat under" so many magistrates that he :s quite capable of dispensing something better than "rough justice" himself. Certain it is that he is father • confessor to European arid Maori alike when there Is a tangled skein to be unwound and kindly human understanding required to smooth out a trouble. A civil servant of the Bush type who goes about his business cheerfully and efficiently is worthy of more than his hire to the State. People round about Thames and "Paeroa think so anyway and they would be quite pleased to see his pay-envelope acquire a further bulge.