GERMAN RED TAPE
The widow of a German officer presented herself at the • office in Berlin for the purpose ' of drawing the pension due to her. She handed in the necessary certificate from the mayor • of the village An which she lived, to the effect that she was still - alive. ' This certificate is not correct,' said the officer in charge. • What is the matter with it?' asked the lady. 'It bears the date of December 21,' was the stern reply, ' and your pension was due on December 15.' ' What kind of a certificate do joa '- wish?' asked the disappointed applicant. 'We must have a certificate stating that you were alive on December 15,' said the officer, with great firmness. ■
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New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 38
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119GERMAN RED TAPE New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 38
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