An Energetic Young Man.
A fro i loa-.-'a- just been submitted to the Vi.’t. riau ( e.-is'ative Assembly, 1-Vr ti'. l I ist six month-, ’’ savs tin: Argun, •* an otluvr in tin- tb-rieral Post Oflico has • simply p a on a stud absolutely doing nothin ;,'
t-x-'f-pt for his par at tho end ol t!ie tie nth. Iho namn of this unfortunate civil servant i« E V Browne. Mr Kerry informed tho House thiil Mr Laurens' story is only too true. Mr Browne was employed in the dead letter ortice until tho work was re-arranged, and hi* duties were handed over to ahoy. A [ lace was provided for Mr Browne in the money order office, but ho did not ft el at home there, and they sent him to the mail office ‘ at his own request on the ground of incapacity.' The Public Service Board is now deliberating whether Mr Browue ought not to bo removed from the service ‘ on the ground of unfitness for duty.' ” Taking this for its text, the Melbourne Punch issued a picture representing a man sunning against a wall with his tongue hangindent, and atiiied tho superscription:— Why should Mr Browne be sacked? Eveiy man has his use. Let him stand outside the General Post Othco and hang out his tongue for people to wet stamps on, -1 Mr Liowue, who, iu the meantime, had het-n ' ii-moved from the service," thereupon sued Puuch for i 2aO damages, but the verdict was in.favor of the paper.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1735, 18 September 1885, Page 3
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248An Energetic Young Man. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1735, 18 September 1885, Page 3
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