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In one of the lesser Indian cities the clerk, in charge of the official documents is a Hindu, with a peculiar knowledge of English. - , A As rats did much damage to- -his- papers -foe obtained permission to keep two " cats, the • larger^ of them receiving rather better rations. A few weeks later the head office at Calcutta^ received this dis•l have the honor to inform you that the senior cat is absent without leave. What shall I. do?' A ,. To this telegram there was vouchsafed no answer. After waiting a few days the Hindu sent off a proPOS 3,1 !™— mninJ n n r +° ' &h f l^ ee ° at - 1 propose to promote -the junior cat, and in the meantime to take into government sendee a probationer cat on full rations "'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 37
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132DEPARTMENTAL STYLE New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 37
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