Tub printed record of the Pox Correspondence Commission - has reached ns.lt is unddscribably funny, 1 and the Commissioner, Mr O'Hara Smith, isquite agem. When Premier Seddon comes before him, headdresses him in'tlie following term's, " Would you kindly give me a short statement,"-but' when the suspected party, poor. Sir Patrick, is examined, the tones of the awful despot become more stern, and ho says,-" I think it would be best that you should tell mo briefly anythingyou know," but it is not till humble messengers come before him that the Commissioner gets really scathing. When theso small fry tremble beneath his eagle glance, there is no " will you kindly " or "won't you kindly," but a gruff introductory," What are you ?"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4778, 20 July 1894, Page 2
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119Untitled Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4778, 20 July 1894, Page 2
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