JUDGE RENT OUL'S CHEERS
Judge Rentoul told a story against himself at the annual dinner of .the Glamorgan Society in London, at the Hoi born Restaurant recently. Once he went-to a Welsh constituency to tell the voters what ' they ought to do.' He spoke first, and in English, all the subsequent speakers using Welsh as the medium of their thoughts. As a matter of policy he applauded strongly whenever there was a clap among the audience, although he could not understand a single 1 word that was said. '. 'I learned afterwards,' said Judge Rentoul, 'that every time I applauded a speaker it was when he had paid a strong personal compliment either to myself or my speech.' -
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New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 62
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117JUDGE RENT OUL'S CHEERS New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 62
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