Jerry The Jester

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 6

Jerry The Jester

'.TTHE trouble m the mains has been ■ 1 -d^ie to the fact that a conglprrieravtion. of three inch gas pressures have become entangled m the calorific feet' of .the coke, .output, thereby causing •appreciation' in the retort tubes of the. container/ explains the gas manager, of the. Mastertoh Borough to a table' of bewildered councillors, v ' Noh'e . likes to confess ignorance of such .''; technicalities. Except Jerry ©si'nieli; ', '"'■;.:' v' V: '-V /'■■'''■ • - ■ ■.-"'" ' a case for,' the police," ■ remark.^ ■ Councillor Daniell,' solemnly, and there is 'a howl of mirth' from the council.' That's!' Jerry —or Hubert Harry Daniell, ; . jester.- at the council table. . . . ' c" : . ' vßorn of an ■ old' Mastertoh family, Jerry Daniell is a practising solicitor with an office at; which a. terrier keeps guard. His humor enables him to see the funny side of things. Jerry, we mean, not the dog. • ■■'.., He delights m recounting tales of ragging m his days at Wellington College, where he was a leader of "a band of interruptors . m the corner." A severe war experience as a Rifle Brigade officer Has not dimmed his sense, of fun. As chairman of -the gas committee on the. borough council he tries to be serious about the business, but he would be sure to burst •into a large laugh if he happened to bring his de.partrherit out with a debit balance.