"SIR WILLIAM."
There was a bluff old sea. dog called " Bill" on H.M.s. Nelson until recently. Now lie is ciillcd Bill no longer. When the King recently visited the Home ho stood on the quarter-deck of the Nelson, which is the flagship, while the ship's company marched past. With the smart sailors waddled Bill the 'bulldog, the ship's mascot. When Bill saw the King and Admiral Sir John Kelly lie broke away from the man who was leading him and ran straight to His .Majesty, grinning as only bulldogs can grin, and' wagging his ugly old hindquarters in the friendliest fashion. The King stooped to pat Bill, and a seaman murmured, "Oo! Bill's been knighted." Now the Home Fleet talks about " Sir William."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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