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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8367, 1 March 1913, Page 10

Ills Pope's brother, who is reported to have been granted a rise of 2s a day, will even now be by no means overpaid. Angelo Sarto has, since 18TS, been postmaster at Gravies a village about four miles from Mantua. He also acta as postman, and has to journey to the station four times daily to letch and deliver the Grazie mail. His commencing salary was i'2 Ss id a year, and until his present stroke of good fortune had never exceeded Al 6 a year. The elevation of his brother to the Papacy has in no wise altered Signor Sarto's mode of life, except that he occasionally journeys to Rome, leaving the post-ofiice in charge of a son-iu-law. “John," said Mrs Blown, at (he Zoo, "if those animals were to escape, whom would you save first—me or the children;-” “Me," answered John, without hesitation.