Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

Comes Climbs

QUITE a lot of people m Nelson, Wellington and Auckland, amongst other places were properly pleased at a recent cryptic announcement m the press which read: ~" G. H7 Comes, assistant-sub-collector of Customs, Auckland, to be subcollector, Wellington. In fact, not a. few. threw Stetsons m the air; or hied themselves post-haste to the telegraph office Avhilst others ejaculated with much fervor: "Good old George"! Now George is not old. He iff well on the sunny side of half a century and looks as fit as when he stripped for the Nelson Rugby team many harvest moons ago. His cruiser build, broad business-like shoulders, and the humorous twinkle m his eye are still prominently m evidence. . Some people have as- much love for a Customs officer as they have for a dentist m action or the income-tax department, but G.H.C. does his bit towards augmenting the public revenue without incurring' the glance which freezes! For some time he was an inspector m the Auckland district and became a familiar figure m country breweries where he checked up specific gravities; the ■ consumption of raw materials against "the resultant amber fluid ; and the strength of the "kick" thereof. Good sort of a job? Yes. And a good fellow for it!

For some time he was an inspector m the Auckland district and became a familiar figure m country breweries where he checked up specific gravities; the ■ consumption of raw materials against "the resultant amber fluid ; and the strength of the "kick" thereof. Good sort of a job? Yes. And a good fellow for it!

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19290103.2.19.4

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 4

Word count
Tapeke kupu
263

Cornes Climbs NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 4

Cornes Climbs NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 4

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert