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■Able Kditor: "Want a position, cli? Do you understand all about Tarill' lleforni?" Applicant: " Um—to tell the truth, t don't know anything about the tariff." "Are you familiar with international " No; 1 can't say that I am." "Have you followed up the various African and I'olnr explorations, and the Driice-Portliuul allair, and have you all the poets at your linger-ends, so that you could write column after column on any of these subjects without exhausting yourself V" " I—J. never took any interest in such things." '•Are you thoroughly familiar with English, French, German, and Russian politics?" " Don't know anything about European squabbles, and don't want to." " Voting ninii, take that desk there. I shouldn't wonder if you could turn out a paper that sensible people would like to read."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 36, 1 February 1908, Page 3
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131FULLY QUALIFIED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 36, 1 February 1908, Page 3
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