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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 480, 10 June 1919, Page 4

Says the Napier " telegraph It is reported that at a certain station rec- ; ently a well known railway official secreted himself in <t carriage over night i;i order to discover a little scheme -hat w;is alleged to be worked every night in the station yard. A party of jokers, hearing yf the brilliant scheme, got busy, and turned a high-pressure hose, on through a window, and the official aftei wards admitted that he had the coldest and most unpleasant bath that it had been his bad fortune to experience. The experiment was not repeated.'' A grim story is told of a rare individual who delighted the Germans during their occupation of Belgium by signifying his readiness to accept their offer of employment. He was taken before a highly-placed (leneral. given a boun teons me;il. and asked,' Von are really willing to work for us " "Yes" "And \on won't object to going behind the i'ront lme v " "No" ' You are willing to work eight hours a day?" ' lam willing to work as long as possible." At last the astonished 'officers inquired of this prodigy of zeal what his trade was A gravedigger,"he replied.