HEARD IN SYNOD
——©»— “Mr Girling knows nothing about sheep : the only thing he has ever shorn are lambs.”—Mr Neale.' “Excellent in parts, like the egg oi the proverbial curate.” —Canon Smith. (Addressing llis Lordship the Bishop): “Would vour Worship consider this?”— .Mr Maunsell. “The farmer lias'no real slack times I tell you.”—Mr Neale. “This Synod would he a very dry affair if we only had the clergy.”-—Mr Neale. (Chorus of clergy) : “We are not all prohibitionists ! !” “Any sheep farmer who does not conform to these methods is not a good sheep farmer.”—-Mr Girling. “We need a little spraying ourselves somet imes.”—Mr Neale. “Tie knows as much about it as a pig knows about a holiday.”—Mr 'Murray. "Synod was flion packed with Nelson men and packed sparselv indeed."— Rev. M r Grossman. "II was cue of iho wettest days yon could wish lor.”—Mr Davidson.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 3 August 1929, Page 13
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143HEARD IN SYNOD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 3 August 1929, Page 13
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