PRET POUR MON PAYS

Observer, Volume XL, Issue 7, 18 October 1919, Page 24

PRET POUR MON PAYS

(Heady for My Country.) The Eight Hon, W. F. Massey has not yet replied to following telegrams, as he is in touch'with the quarantine station about the Lord Jellicoe gift dog's pulse and temperature. It would be a catastrophe if Mr. A. J. Entrican took it as his aide-de-camp to Wellington, with the hydrophobic accompaniment of a morbid and unnatural dread of water. My dear people, beware of dogs, and keep up your muscular development on - Champion Muscle Kaiser iTiour, topped off with Standard Soother. Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Wellington. "Press news indicates you want a High Commissioner not over six feet, also Ministers for Railway and Defence. Hope you will not overlook my previous applications for an important office. Auckland appears to be the seat of learning, as Mr. Entrican is coming out for City West, Mr. Poole having decided for lecturing away from the machinations of politicians. Lord Jellicoe presented Mr. Entrican with a "bulldog with a gold and silver collar, as he was afraid it would succumb with the Dominion's kindness in the tropics. If Mr. Entrican is successful he will not take it to .Wellington, unless for a close division, to be used for rounding up or blockins: with a lingering effect." V., 13/10/19. Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Wellington. "I have put in applications for High Commissioner and Minister Railways or Defence. In fact, I could take the lot if salary and travelling allowances were right. I hope Mr. Poole is not after them, as he is retiring in favour of Mi\ En : trican. Lord Jellicoe made the latter a present of, a bull-dog that attended to the "dog-watch" in the North Seas. It has a gold and silver collar. I'prefer the collar. Mr. Entrican assures me he will not take the dog to Wellington with a black thorn, itnless for party purposes, and he now has it training. You know trousers : —apart from a mouthful—are at present beyond the reach of man, though it would be more disastrous with a Highland costume." V., Auckland, 13/10/19. V., Auckland. Your telegram to hand and contents noted, but the issues involved are too vast for the ordinary man to handle,' particularly the bull-dog. Sgd. J. G. WARD.