. Mr. Lloyd George is famous, of course; for;his:brilliant repartee and*biting:sarcasm : "I • am/'here ——" he remarkeci once 'at a political meeting, but before he had time to-finish' the sentence, a noisy interrupter, had: ohim«l in;., "And so am I." But the retort was as quick as it was overwhelming . "Yosr-but . you are not all there!"" "What; do our. opponents really-want?" he inquired in a recent speech.- In the "momentary pause that/followed t.ho:ijuestinn there /came a voice husky from the' effects of .alcohol, "What I want is a change ol . Government." "No,-no," was-the ready reply, "what you re illy, want is achango of drink." . ; ;.; / ■ - A story from Ettsus in . Normandy says that a working, man named Mallet, employed as; an ironmonger, in a large factory belonging,to Mr. Ongon do la Haye, has inherited left to him by. a relative of whose existence ho was not aware, and who died in America, where he made an immenso : fortune. . "::/' Mr. A. Hugh Fisher,, the artist who is touring the Umpire with a commission from the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office in; • London; left Wellington last evening-for Paekakariki.' He will visit Shannon, work through the North'lsland, and ..then cross. to ./Sydney in order to fulfil his mission in Australia. He is accompanied by Mrs. Fisher. Dr. Rouse, of; Cambridge, says that if boys instead of going from private to publio sohools at 14, went straight ! te public schools at tho age of 10, it would navo a good result- ' -V-.r;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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246Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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