GOVERNOR'S ANECDOTE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 1

GOVERNOR'S ANECDOTE

POSITION OF THE JEWS A cliscvectly ■worded anecdote referring to the position of the Jews in Central Europe was told by hfci Excellency tlie Governor _ General (Lord Gnlway) at the annua] dinner of the_'\Ve]lington branch of the Royal Society of St George. ''There is a story told of a retain country in the centre of Europe where n. certain people not unconnected with Palestine are not having •i very pleasant time,'' he said. ''They are not able tn voice their cLrievan. ce« for fear of votributjon. One of 'them sent a l~tt~t to a friend in Em:, land, and fearing it might be onen"(1 hv the. censor, sa'd: 'All those stories about persecutions ovn rmit<» untrue. "Wo eniovinrj a hfMrn* and peaceful li'e, l'" 1 I T nele Ado, 1 ) ;V(1 not th'nlc co. attended hifuncrnl la«t Tues laV . r ' DOD'S LO> T G SW7M A Wiiiiganiii party which rowed four miles up the Wanganui Kiver for a picnic was ame zed to find that a dog, belonging to one member, which had started to.swim after tiie boat, -had swum practically the whale distance.

TIDES AND WEATHER Fri Sat Sun H water 2.5 p.m. p.in P- n ' Sunrise G.SG n.r.i *'<.•>/ -.ivi (i.-S a.ill Sunset 5.41 p.in 5.-10 p.m 5.i) p. in 2-ihrs .Ooni month to date