A FISHY CHRISTMAS JOKE.
Having heard that the Premier was using his vacation by -turning fishmermau, Mr Sanford, of Auckland, mistook the word “vacation” for “vocation” and telegraphed to the Premier — “Sir Joseph Ward, Fishmonger, Rotorua.—Cau you supply fresh trout delivered Auckland ? Reply collect, stating price and quantity daily. —A. Sanford.” The Premier, instead of treating the matter as a Christmas joke sent the following reply : “A. Sanford, Auckland.—Your unwarranted impertinent communication requires no answer from me.—J. G. Ward." Mr Santord, who is a fishmonger, says he was really serious. Customers were demanding trout, and he thought Sir Joseph, as head ot the State Fisheries Department, could supply, the demand. The Government, says Mr Sanford, supplied oyslers —why not trout ? And as the Aucklander considers that he is as good a fishmonger as Sir Joseph Ward is a politician, be expected.to be treated as such.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 934, 22 December 1910, Page 4
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145A FISHY CHRISTMAS JOKE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 934, 22 December 1910, Page 4
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