Member of Parliament and the Defence Minister during WW2.
Fred Jones was the Member of Parliament for two Dunedin
seats: Dunedin South
from 1931 to 1946, and then St Kilda
from 1946 to 1951, when he was defeated.(Wilson, p. 209)
He was Minister of Defence
from 1935 to 1949, and Postmaster-General between 1935 and 1940 in the First Labour Government
.
He was a member of the Dunedin City Council (1933–37; 1950–58), and was Deputy Mayor of Dunedin 1935-37 and 1953-56.
Prior to entering Parliament, Jones was a bootmaker and trade unionist.
The players have got to know that we are not firing by the seat of our pants.
If that's foreign strength or that's English strength, it doesn't matter to me.
I've got to try and educate not only the players but the Derby fans and the board of directors that...
If we stand still, we're going backwards. We've got to keep moving forward and appear to be moving forward.
They know, in that changing room, that the strength is that changing room.
The way they questioned my decisions was absolutely disgraceful.
There was pride in the shirt. There was sweat in the shirt. There was blood in the shirt.
I asked for 11 men and I asked for 5 men as substitutes.
You've got a good manager.
If I get the good pictures I was getting at the beginning of the season, Lee Holmes will be knocking at the door.