PERSONALITY PARADE: NO 5.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 7, 24 July 1943, Page 3

PERSONALITY PARADE: NO 5.

By

CAPTAIN

As I was walking out of the village the other day I noticed a figure ahead of ma which I recognised as Captain Blacker. I wanted to see him, so I hurried as much as my gouty leg would let me. I had almost caught him up when he dived into the lantana at the side\ of the road. I had no intention of losing him and dived in too. I was going to • speak when he motioned me to silent. A jeep bumped past and' we came out.

It was strange behaviour, but he explained he was hitchhiking, as the best people do in these parts, and was afraid

of getting a lift in a jeep. He loathes travelling in them*,'l wondered if he had been to the village hawking those vulgai,slit concrete slabs, but could see none on his person*

I explained that I wanted an interview for Dozerdust, but pointed out that before I gave him the honour of appearing in it, I wanted to be sure he was not the villain responsible for the libellious article on me which appeared in the last issue of Dozerduet.' He assured me he was noty so I put away my pocket knifes Naturally he was loathe to admit he had been born in England, but as he told me he came to New Zealand when only four, \and as he added 0 New Zealand is a very fine place , I forgave him the indiscretion. He worked as a civil engineer in the Railways Dept., played rugby in the Wellington Reps, and represented Wellington University College, in field athletics e Ho defeated- Loft y ßlomfield privately— there is little use in a professional winning other than public bouts o This suggests a very robust man, but I can assure you he is delicately He even had the store put well back in the Naioulis so that he could move about the camp without getting glimpses of rakes and spades which reminded him of his poor- wife’s struggles with the garden. His favourite actor is Charles Laughton, Mae West he loathes and CLakke he considers in the same category as Mae. * The Staff of Dcaordust has since heard of Captain Blacker’s promotion to the rank of Major and extend to him their congratulations. Ed.