A DISCREDITABLE JOKE

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 86, 11 April 1923, Page 9

A DISCREDITABLE JOKE

AT GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S EXPENSE.

(BI TEKOItAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

, DUNEDIN, 10th April. The Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe, returned to Cromwell last night from a deer-stalking expedition at Makaroa, at the head of Lake Wanaka, where he was very successful. One head which he secured is a splendid specimen with a spread of 48 inches, a thirteen-pointer, of which Hie Excellency is justly proudi. Few finer heads have come out of this forest. . • The whole trip has unfortunately been marred by what was evidently intended as a joke at His Excellency's expense, but one which did not reflect credit on the perpetrator. After His Excellency's, ar?al at Cromwell this fine head was on exhibition at his hotel, and shortly before 11 p.m. it mysteriously disappeared. Failure to discover it created a serious position. ■ The police made a search immediately, but eyen with the assistance of the townsfolk no trace could be found, and His Excellency had to depart from Cromwell by train this morning without it. The townspeople continued the search, and were rewarded about 9 o'clock, when the head was found behind a fence opposite the hotel. A car was immediately dispatched to catch the train, which it did at Omakau.

Lord Jollicoe was met at the Alexandra railway station by school children, who were addressed by him.

The Governor-General arrived at Dunedin to-night, and will leave on Thursday for Invercargill, where he will be tendered a civic reception. On Saturday he will embark on H.M.S. Chatham at Bluff en route for Stewart Island. He will return to Dunedin on 17th April, and leave for Christchurch on 23rd April s