HE MET HIS MATCH.
A certain well-known railway contractor has the reputation of looking after the ] minor details of bin great business with a , keen eye. One morning while out inspecting the work that was being done on a railway, he picked up a stray bolt ljinj; \ by the side of the line. Then he walked ' to where the men were working on th« ' road. ' " Look here," he called out to one of j the workmen ;" how is it that I find bolts '. lying about wasted ? I have to pay for these things you know." " Why, where did you get that, sir ?" "I found it a little way up the Hue J here." I "Oh, did you?" cried the workman. I "I'm much obliged to you, sir, for I've been hunting for that bolt all the foro- ] noon. I knew there was one missing ! " i The august contractor concluded that ' he could give that workman no points on s economy, and left in silenre. • - (
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2513, 18 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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164HE MET HIS MATCH. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2513, 18 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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