A "JAWBREAKER"

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 149, 28 June 1929, Page 4

A "JAWBREAKER"

Some amusement -was provided in the House of Commons recently when Sir Kobert Thomas, Liberal member for Anglesey, asked the Postmaster-General a question concerning the status of the postmaster of Llanfairpwllgwyngilkoger. chwyrndrobuUllandysiliogogoloch fa village m h^ constituency, Anglesey). Sir Kobert was warmly cheered on rising for his courage m putting sneh a jaw-breaker on the paper; But first of all, Colonel Watts-Morgan gravely asked the Minister) •whether he was aware that the name was wrongly spelt, and Mr. Mardy Jones complained that two syllables were out of <«der. Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, the P.M.G.,.essayed to give the information asked for without coming into collision , ; with the feanful procession . of Welsh syllables that confronted him. But ■fcb.e Opposition hilariously challenged him to lace the music. "Where is if? Give Hie Mine!" they cried. After beinp; thrice challenged, the Minister blushsagly explained that "It begins with IJanfair' and ends with 'gogogoch.' Perhaps with all this influenza about I had better not say more." When he explained that'the postmaster had resigned, Sir Bobert Thomas displayed, anxiety that the next man appointed should be able to pronounce the came of the village. "Name it!" shouted a dozen voices, and Sir Kobert smilingly did so with great fluency. A final and skittish Query came from 'Viscount Sanden: "Does it count as one word in a telegram?" ha asked.