A DOG KNIGHTED
NOW CALLED “SIR WILLIAM.” There was a bluff old sea, dog called “Bill” on. 11.M.5. Nelson until recently. Now he is called “Bill” no longer. When tho King recently visited the Home Eleet. he stood on the quarter deck of the Nelson, which is Hie flagship. while the ship's company marched past. With the smart sailors waddled “Bill" the bulldog, the ship’s mascot. When “Bill” saw tho King and Admiral Sir John Kelly, lie broke away Iroin the man who was leading him md ran straight to His Majesty, grinning as only bulldogs can grin, and waggling his ugly old hindquarters in the friendliest fashion. '['he King stopped to pat “Bill,” and a seaman murmured, “Oo! ‘Bill’s’ been knighted.” Now the Tlomb Fleet talks about “Sir William.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1933, Page 9
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