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Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 7

Aft amusing, little comedy was eftacted at Renwick, near Blenheim, 'wnen the Minister of Lands Was receiving a deputation Of residents in regard 16 the need fof a wStef schertie) states the Marlborough Express. The Minister was engaged in an informal discussion with several of the dfeputatidnl&ts when one 6i thd village’s Sldest inhabitants hove on the sefehe. Breasting up to the Minister’s private secretary (who has since prided himself on the fact that nd ffttist have been the mdst important-looking pers6iiage in the gathering), the octogenarian began.to talk. “You are a Wellington man, aren’t you?” he demanded. “They’re henpeckirig yoii a bit, eh? Well, let me tell you I can soon, put a stop to that?’ At this point the embarrassed secretary Succeeded in stemming the flow of eloquence long: enough to direct the Old ' fellow' to the. really important ‘'Wellington man.” “So you're .the Wellington maft; theft?” pattered the’lrresistible afidient; “Well,-i can tell you a bit about the River Board!” And icr ■five minutes the Minister, with an indulgent Smile, listened •patiently to a twicetold tale Of HOW the Waltau River first came td flow down the opawa away back ni lifetime ago. ; r