THE TIGER'S RETREAT.
Iron Vigour Of Clemenceau Waning Fast. VACATION BY FATHERS GRAVE (Australian and X.Z. Press Association.) PARIS, Septemtjer 30. M. Georges Clemenceau, known as "The Tiger," once a man of iron vigour, is now showing unmistakable signs of his 87 years. He is becoming thin and stooped. _ In celebration of his birthday on Friday at La Vendee, he made his usual pilgrimage to his future grave. is a mere yawning and neglected hole in which his father was buried years ago. Clemenceau senior stipulated that nobody should interfere with the work of nature, so the grave is fringed by a tangle of weeds. Nearby is an old fisherman's hut in which "The Tiger" spends his holidays behind a ring of barbed-wire erected to exclude tourists. An American girl with a camera on Friday risked the entanglements. As a result she was hopelessly mixed up in them. The girl's cries attracted M. Clemenceau to the spot. He feigmed anger and said: For your curiosity stay there till to-morrow. However, he soon sent a gardener to extricate the intruder.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7
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179THE TIGER'S RETREAT. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7
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