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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 163, 7 April 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

,i i"sT AS FOND (IF MONK FYS. 'lhe number of famous literary men I who are now -crying in his .Majesty's I force- i~ s 0 great tiiat the happy idea ! las ben conceived ot publishing a book, j contributors to wh'-h are all co'e- ; hratfd authors who have become *oli '1 | Among the long list ol names to be j found in the volume, one of the be-t j known is that of Mr. A. F. \\ . Mason, i the novelist. Formerly, Mr. Ma son was a Member ! of Parliament, and he tells of a man ! who wrote to a certain M.P. asking for i a ticket of admission to the gallery ol I the House of Commons. I The M.P. wrote hack saying flint lie | v. as very sorrv that he cou'il not send i the ticket, because the gallery was j dosed. I The next dav, he was a-toiii-hed fo j receive from the stranger the lollowin ' note: "As the gallery is closed, will I vim ulease send me six tickets for the ' Zoo ?"