PERSONALITY PARADE: NO 7.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 9, 7 August 1943, Page 3

PERSONALITY PARADE: NO 7.

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I asked Captain Clark ftr an inter view.' He told' unto be on the Bridge at eight ballß and waved vaguely a bark lined Burd on” the hill# While waiting for him I wondered' if he was ’’Trope” or merely an enthusiastic• yachtsman over-excited stout hie job of Dock Officer. I decided it must bo the latter. He told mo to sit on the starboard side under the portholej I looked onquirinr*ly at him' but sat on tho M and V box- without comment. Obviously he had eon Interest in the' Humorous Concrete Company for the walls wore lined with pierced' slabs, ( .tho iftmlturs form-

cd of thorn and at the door was a box of pamphlet® headed ’Squat . for health* and with a notice ’Take One”. I didn’t u he admitted that he-was manager of the Company, and, as I already know, .the di lector was also an Englishman, which I felt explained the Infamous conduct of tho firm.

To him, evory ship for unloading is a potential buyer of his wares. So far all have boon Now Zealand ships and it will take more than tho Comp&nyb catchwords to shift those sailors off. their old fashioned but comfrttabl’e eight holers-. Of course..ho* blackmailed me Into buying a cloven slabs so this year my relations will receive a very unusual Xmas present.

He was the engineer to an Auckland District and on hie return intends enforcing the use of Dorothy Lemour Latrines (for health of course) in all old and new buildings. He so greatly admires her interest in native things that he feels certain she will be delighted to hear her name used in connection with a native type convenience. I suggest the firm sends her an autographed jhotegraph of the director and manager with a slab as a frame - ready for uso.

As the wind rushed through the Naiou li s the Captain (porhaps he is in the Navy) bellowed through the hole in a slab “Batten down the hatches w c

I felt seasick and cleared.