RABBIT SKINS

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13145, 28 August 1914, Page 8

RABBIT SKINS

MADE INTO CbAT FOR TRENCH 4 PRESIDENT'S WIPE ' '

The distiibutioii and uses made of the millions of inbbiJb skins, oxpoitcjd fioni the (olom is ii to most people "With a unv to nscei laming some light upon the .subjper, Hi J .1 Wild, of Glenoid, Like Wnkatipn, Blipped a post en id of liueicaigill ben nig Ins nanift, and aildioss, into a bundlo otselecloddoeHkins Hw objpet \ins, if possible, to nice the best skins mil some of thou uses iJti Waul also isked llio L\cnlinl ovner of the skins to uclnngp MOV nml 1° Wl| l° leilei, -uluch biought ne«i of I hi l fulfilment ol this ob|eet Most singiilni |o lelnlo, the looked foi lotim was ieeei\Pd iiom the Piisident of Pinnce, M Poineaie, who turned out to bo the actual bfljcr of the \ei\ nbbit sUb ih which the post cud had been deposited The fol lowing is the Piesulent's lettei, which speak 3 foi itself

Elysce Palacp, Pans, June 18, 1914 Jas Jos Waul, Esq, NZ Deni Sn ,—Wew dn\a ago Mis Pom cue, im wife, asked me to buy hoi i coat I bought some inw Villilnlinn rabbit Bknis, had them dud and made into a coat Imagine Mis Pomcaie's DinpniP- whpn putting lipi hand into the pocket of her coat to find \om postpaid oC Noveinbei 11th, 101" iris Poincnre was \en pleised with the card, and lcquesta hip hi ie turn to send \ou a few \iews ot Pans I nnself do not think J can do bettPi thin to join a incline of ifnsolf. T might mention n friend of inuip is a gieit specialist of Austialian lablnl skins, and if \ou caie to send him one or two mcws of joui beaiiliful eonnliv I can assure von he Will be delighted His add)ess is as follows- "ironsiem fhniles Riclmd Jacques, 111, me de flinienton, Pius " Tmstuig vou en ■\o\ good health, I lemain, \ouis tiuly, Esmond Poineaie, Piesulent of Trench Republic