ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 15

ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

i lation is rife in Civil Service I TteOS a London daily) as to the 1 eS Ant appointment" for Which Sir j Olivier is hurrying home from i $ in "? t t jj e (Jovernment's urgent I }ao f' Sir Sydney, although the GovI relies. Crown * co ]ony, is, says the ■ en " n r Mall Gazette." an out-and-out l -list. Even the Colonial Office manI !!oi &i not deter him in the old days I Wr deanin 0 ' the windows of his house I JjS&a Vale in full view of his neigh- | bouts' Lionel Goethals, who has told the I ,->dState3 House of Representatives J _ 2=ooo men will be needed to guard raJuna Canal, is one of America's I ILf-personalities. For six years he SVerned a host of 40.000 toilers JiDS over thin y difFerent tongues, I _fm effectually crushed the various I '(rites organised during his rule. Never- '' t .lea he is popular, for he is a bene- } m despot, and believes implicitly in | JL accessible to his subordinates. i fttTT Sunday, from 7.30 a.m. onwards, ! fie Colonel sits in his office ready to see 1 anrhody, from navvy to engineer. He has I .iroup of interpreters at hand, and all 1 Ranees laid before him are thoroughI fj investigated. I i The late Lady Burton was a staunch uimal lover. '"When she went out in ob she invariably inspected the horse arefully first, to see if it looked well fed and cared for; if not. she discharged the cab and got another one. and she wold always impress upon the driver Hut he must not beat his horse under !,nv consideration when he was driving ler." So runs "The Romance of Isabel iady Burton." "She wouki then get into the cab, let down the window, and l K p a watch. If the driver forgot himself so far as to give a flick with his whip, Burton would lunge at him Tfith her umbrella from behind. Upon 1 toe cabby remonstrating at this un-looked-for attaok, she would retort, "Yes, and how do you like it 7" Captain Boald Amundsen was 4x>rn in 1872, in South Norway. His mother, anxious to keep her son by her side, intended him for the medical profession, but the return of Dr. Nansen from his famous journey across Greenland on ski in 1894 influenced him so much that he decided to an explorer. He •unites a marvellous energy and scientific knowledge with a perfect modesty. Though he is an eloquent, picturesque, and sometimes lyrical conversationalist, he does not seek society. He delights, in tie intervals between his long voyages, to retire to his villa in Uranienborg and enjoy middle-class comfort. He possesses several paintings by Norwegian masters, a piano on which he plays "Les Cloches de Corneville," a garden wherein he cultivates roses, a St. Bernard, and two -fox terriers to Temind him of his Eskimo dogs. I Sir victor Horsley, who is announced A as tie prospective candidate for the i Harborongh Division of Leicestershire, is I one of the greatest authorities on brain 1 surgery. He was not.much .more than I 'tfcirty when.he sprang- into fame by- his I performance of an operation which, until \ that,time, had been regarded either as X impossible or as too dangerous to be atB .itmpted. It was a case of tumour on )■ the brain, and Dr. Horsley"s fellow surp~ were convinced that he would fail, tat'le sweeeded brilliantly. Sir Victor has prtfbaWy performed more difficult tperationsin relation to the hraan than ' living. Sir Victor was Mcd "Victor Alexander" at the request of Qneen Victoria. -Mr. Horsley «i wag a well-known R.A., and- the teen desired that he should call his son % the fflfi. Princess Beatrice. But m there, a masculine version of Beater is-agood one could not be found _S_" BMd that - TOun S Horsley .Wd'bft-M_d-after her. _teS?„ ° f S_«rwig_,lstein, |&garriea the third daughter of the % Q ueen Victoria, celebrated the -*ty-seeond anniversary of his birth|J .on-Wednesday, January 22. He is Wla keen sportsman, despite his great Vanditte &ct that in a gun accident ; eye has not impaired his skill m l,the gnn. At one time he was the I racegoer in the Royal I_# *£ J° T fort y y ears hardly 1- .««d a Defty. But there is a more h senousiside „ the character of this I H^-???' 6 - -*>»* ™rks i .Wrpwhrch he has actively associated i f&,*** the old Windsor and Eton I mmj and Infirmary, now merged & StfT nnldl fr* l Khi S Edward VH. I Sv^: Highness was most 1 a fund to free it from I lt_f ak °'" as m % h Steward of the 1 fgSgWto present to Windsor 1 of the ***» King. I &^ C ? ttisSan has te ™ especially I t°e professional 1 ft^™?" 888 ' and has founded for I SSp&t nmßil « institute and 1 i£w >^ h ' work Bhe ha <* <** Mlest 1 BS3^_ PHnee - Many charming I ? 6 recorded ' a °d round WindI MB ls . Wn to all the working I WS2& ' horn he would -oft"" st °P I .wa converse.

who embarked in Janu- ... on tne training cruiser Cumberland. 'ML**** 1 Us P r °fession, has ha^ _ ??*. r in the Naw be ®S? ICT and the Prince William JI rwards °f Clarence, tZ • Was Prince Edward of Tcf'Z* 0 l oi " Pred -" and a grandson •mkWf When ' in the s!xties °- f century, he was still a McS 5 T^ 5 darlin g> Ws S™ nd - W«3«_ Mm off to sea "pour le jgffiß. .as ffia. Majesty was pleased 'JorbLnn. •£ embarked at v ?"*" m the famous aSgf jas _ called in the service, was, dually the boy's St l? ad J° see t0 to outfit. The WB—TK-* 1 ™ BerTke immediately. '■«-W_! c S?*^ 011 *° St. Cas, one m ChZth " a was s ° *™ d oi, self Si ST??? ,t, y distinguished himfg*?f| * Cherbourg. He mto ii h £!' after the fighting was *sathm? ladies - -* the y * W_*Si ? hanniD g- A career begun auspiciously was unfortunately °cut Btt_^J£ Di ? MSr ' Henr y Fre <ier4t«if c , oI . Cun *edand, whose title is ©?_*?"* Dame of Prince : *»Wt P - Heßr y Frederick _£»£ ? a at^ ot qnite mdh ten - <w_"' Edward - He attai °- k'ttetW "v" 1 ""landed-*, squadron «f £ fV aS V? adc b another'sphere &m£?£* Na 7- men Pri^ ,* schort _t he was sent.