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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 257, 11 October 1928, Page 2

A good story against his own cloth was told by the Rev. J. Ernest Parsons at the meeting of the Palmerston North Rotary Club recently. A man had been asked to meet and welcome a strange clergyman at a busy railway station. He hunted the platform high and low seeking this parson. At last seeking a man who answered the popular description he approached him and asked: “ Excuse me, but are you the Rev. ?” And received in reply: “I’m sorry; it’s indigestion that makes me look like that!” The red reflector of his car had faded from a ruby rose colour to a delicate pink and the only reflection it made was on the manufacturer, commented Dr. Adamson at the Taranaki Automobile Association this week. The price had been “ outrageous,” but the public had been forced to buy because the reflectors were “ official.” The secretary (Mr. V. Duff) pointed out that matter had been raised at the recent meeting of the North Island Motor' Union, and b ' .Got ermne it \v< aid be asked to h v l b - m-sition.