A NOVEL DINNER
CRANES PASS THE SALT The 150 foremen who are the original members of the Guvnor's Club can certainly claim, after their dinner at Olympia, that they have achieved originality. No more carefully planned and carried out dinner has been held in London for a long time, says the “Morning Post.” Upon arriving, members had (o "clock in” with their invitation cards. The tables were laid on a floor of planks surrounded by girders and hoardings. Miniature cranes lowered or elevated the cruets and a hoist and conveyor brought bread concealed as cement —"to cement our friendship” —and also bricks which contained cigars and cigarettes. The Toast Master was disguised as a navvy and dexterously wielded ■ sledge hammer. But the most origtual note of the evening was the arrival of waiters with trowels and mortarboards containing what eventually proved to be ices.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 864, 7 January 1930, Page 11
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144A NOVEL DINNER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 864, 7 January 1930, Page 11
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