NGARUAWAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2018, 13 June 1885, Page 3

NGARUAWAHIA.

ThoL'GB this place seems to have been shunted out of the way of all now", yet a little incident occuned Ikm c a few days ago worth recording, .is showing how dever «oine people are, and which icsulted in neuly frightening a poor man out of his wit», if nothing win He. As the railway poiter was busily sweeping the station platform, a fierce looking mdividu.il rushed up to him fioin round a cornei and peiemptonly demanded, " I want your cash." "What sir?" replied the poiter in amazement. " Your cas'i " reiterated tlic stianger. Now the poiter having a wwd recollection of the Melbourne l).\nk jobberies, instead of taking a tirmei giasp of his bioom, and blinking it up to Ins giurd, (hopped it, took ,i huinod mental inventory <>f the contents of his pocked ■uhich totalled apiece of tobacco, knife, three loose matches, and a small key, tremblingly infoimed the gentleman he h.td no cash. " I want jour station cash. ' .ilniost ioaie.l the "stickei up." Oh' sud tlie poitei with a Ion? dia»vn high of lohef, (a sudden ray of light dawning upon him), "jou had bettei go to the stationmaster. " And to the stationmaster he went, ian«acked his books and papers, collated the ci*h, and cleaied, without a "by 'v oui leave, 'or a word of explanation ai to hi-> authority, and it is supposed he must have been the auditor; but no one knows for certain to this day whether he was or was not the auditor. Now the moral to this is, as this stranger did not know the stationmaster from a sweep, and the stationmaster did not know the auditor from a crow, what is to prevent any smart fellow filling his coat jMtckoU with a lot of dummy document'!, walking into any railway station and demanding the cash "' Any pluekv fellow night, and perhaps will tiy it on some of these nwrninifs, .mil whose fault will it be if he succeeds ?Ceit.nnh not the st.itioninastei 's. —(A Ci >i respondent. )