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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9918, 5 August 1910, Page 2

Much hilarity has been caused in official circles by a practical joke played on. one of tho Russian provincial governors by a subordinate. The governor, an excellent and amiable man, detested his work and invariably refrained from reading tho various documents and correspondence he signed. Among his correspondence recently was a letter to tho Premier, M. Stolypin, which had been drafted by a waggish subordinate. The Premier was not a little astonished to read that the governor declared that his official business was silk* work. The governor was not, the letter with his Excellency's signature said, in the least interested in the development of the province and never read the official documents. His Excellency strongly advised M. Stoiypin to follow his example and to devote himself to playing bridge, "-.which, is* much more interesting than stupid politics." M. Stolypin's reply was to telegraph to the governor asking him to .resign.