CHAFFING A BUREAUCRAT
BERLIN, Nov. 13. Some tlioughtie*s young clerks at Celle, in the province of Hanover, are just now ruefully reflecting on _ tlio foolishness of playing jokes, even of the most harmless kind, upon, the powers that be. It occurred to them some time ago to send to the Minister of Railways a pic. torial postcard on. which the following communication was written; "Wo beg to inform you that the doors of the first and second-class waiting-rooms are closed towards the platforms/’ This missive they signed with their names, to which they humorously prefixed titles of nobility, such a» Count von A. and Enron von B. It was not long before the officials of the department discovered the authors of the jest, who, to their consternation, were "carpeted' 5 before the Minister and charged with unlawfully describing themselves as scions of noble houses. Instead of being let off with a warning, as they had fondly anticipated,, each of the clerks was lined 305., and they left the court deploring, with good reason. the lack of a sense of humour in high places.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4259, 19 January 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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