GOVERNMENT SITUATIONS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 16, 10 September 1898, Page 6

GOVERNMENT SITUATIONS.

(to the editor.) Sir,— As I have by almost every po»t applications for work and for situations in all departments of the Government service, will you be so good as to make it known through your columns that I have already sent in several applications for platelayers, junior platelayer*, railway porters, crossing or bridge-keepers,

peimanent artillery, police, post office cadets, telegiaph cadets, telephone operators, and that any fuither applications must necessaiily take their turn after those already recommended and that as every other member has also sent in recommendations there is not one in ten of those whose names are already on the list of applicants who can possibly be successful. There are over 4000 applications for the Railway Service alone. As regards ordinary labourers' work, the only work Available, so far as I can ascertain, is road ■work in the North Island, and rock-cutting or tunnel work on the Midland Railway. For the latter, only men accustomed to rock drills and blasting could be employed. If there are any men out of work suitable either for road ■work or the rock work mentioned, they should send in their names at once to Constable Parker, Labour Agent, Waimate. — I am, etc., Wm. J. Steward. Wellington, Sept. sth, 1898.

(to the editor.) Sib, — I saw a letter in your last issue complaining of the way a day-labourer on the County Council worked. I think that if •• Advance Ratepayer " would confine himself to the manner in which the money is spent ty the overseer, he (the person who has signed himself " Advance Ratepayer ") would prova himself to be a man of greater intellect than by attacking a man who. has always worked

well in my sight. I would draw the writer's notice to a piece of work near where I live, the footbridge over the Waimate Crack at Mr Garland's. Whoever ordered the abovenieationed work to be done, to my mind, is a man who has very little idea of coping with the mountain dew.— I am, etc., J. J. White.

Cause of the Deficiency. — " I think the picture lacks atmosphere," said the kindly critic. " Fact is," said the artist, " I had a hard time raising the wind while I was painting it." Smythe: "What makes you think Blodgets is a good bookkeeper ?" Browne : "He never returned the ones I loaned him." " When I was once in danger from a lion," said an c&& African traveller, " I tried sitting dow* *nd staring at him, as I had no weapon?' " How did it work ?" asked his companion. " Perfectly. The lion didn't even offer to touch me." " Strange ! How do you account for it?" > " Well, sometimes I've thought it wai because I sat down on the branch of a very tall tree."