HUNDRED YEARS TOO LATE.
"WANTED AN APPRENTICE."
BOY LOOKING FOR A JOB. A good story, which has its pathetic side, is told in Sydney concerning the 68-page centenary issue of the Sydney Morning Herald on April 18. On the Monday following its publication an eager young schoolboy called at the newspaper offiijo and said he wished to apply for the position of apprentice in the mechanical department. The foreman whom he sawwas puzzled. They did not need an apprentice, 110 said, and they did not advertise in Saturday's paper. The lad, however, was certain, and turning to a file pointed to an advertisement for an apprentice, " -Apply this office. " Did you notice the date on this section of the paper?" the foreman asked the lad. It was the facsimilo of the first kindly as very faced boy turned away, o jr.. just 100 years too late
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20882, 26 May 1931, Page 9
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146HUNDRED YEARS TOO LATE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20882, 26 May 1931, Page 9
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