CHAMPION IS DOWNHEARTED AS MIRTH IS TO BE PROHIBITED. COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.8., DEFENCE MINISTER, WELLINGTON, 13TH JULY. 1918. "INTELLIGENT AND MIRTHFUL CHAMPION NOTICES WITH REGRET THAT MR. BISHOP. OF CHRISTCHURCH, HAS SWALLOWED THE NORTHERN JOKE OF THE 'PIE ON' FARM OF 500 ACRES. WHICH AT £100 PER ACRE IS £30,000, WITH INTEREST AT 6 PER CENT. IS £1800 PER ANNUM TO YIELD 20 BALES WOOL, VALUED AT £450. I DON'T THINK ANYONE BUYING 'PIE ON' FARM WOULD BE ON VELVET, AND, TRULY, HE WOULD BE THE LAST MAN FROM A MENTAL HOME TO PUT HIS 'POT ON' AT THESE FIGURES. IT IS REPORTED JOKES ARE TO BE PROHIBITED. I AM INSTRUCTING MY PEOPLE TO LEARN THE DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET AND RETIRE IN A COMATOSE STATE, AND WHEN THE THAW IS ON TO RECUPERATE ON STANDARD OATMEAL AND ROLLED OATS. I AM, AUCKLAND." A TORT ET A TRAVERS (At Random Without Consideration).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16903, 16 July 1918, Page 4
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