A POWER BOARD PUZZLE.

Shannon News, 19 February 1924, Page 3

A POWER BOARD PUZZLE.

appointing amanaging secreFor the position of managing secretarv at a salary of £7OO a year, the Wan’ganni-Eangitikei. Power£ ' ccived no less than ninety applications. A sub-committee did the spade w bv Suing the number to. reasonable rJooortions, but there was a good deal S discussion left for the meeting of the Board at Marton before a final decision was reached. -rUirUnOne applicant sent along a p graph, and a Board member on examining it said, “He looks wtsll. “We are not picking a, man on his looks.’’ said another member. The next application was accompan - ed bv a sheaf of testimonials m language so flowery that the Board wasforced to the opinion-that the collective intellectual standard in the town ship where the applicant lived extraordinarily high, or pise the poltaoal touch had been given by one pen be fore the missives weip signed. _ o Short, but straight to the point was a testimonial that came m su PP° f another candidate, and it read. i you have five hundred applications, your task is simple. Just appoint Mi.

“One thing that puts me off that, man is that he writes on h°thsxdbsof the paper,” said one of the Board members' when a further application “leonomyf perhaps,” suggested a CO “ e it S would bis a national calamity for us to part with Mr. ,” began another testimonial, and the writer wi no doubt be gratified to learn they are to be spared that disaster. The eternal feminine crept into a further application. “I leave here,” the writer said, but my wife wants a change.’ , four “I am very energetic, and havb tour children,” narrated another applicant. The Board, in appreciation of tne distinction that was really intended between business and domestic affairs, smiled and passed on. . _ ~ “Previous local body experience, added the next applicant. It was stated that the experience had been as a member of the Wanganui Borough Council., Finally the Board made a choice Mr P. H. Smith, town clerk at Carterton and secretary of the Wairarapa Power Board, who had all the qualifications that were necessary.