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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 251, 19 October 1912, Page 15

ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

rfte German Empress, whose health ■ jot satisfactory, will be relieved durl , t he autumn and winter of several of L = r heavier Court duties by the Crown Prince- ■ The Earl of Wemyss. the oldest peer r t he realm, who i> now but rarely Ln in the I'ppor Chamber, entered to ninety-fifth y.-:.r on August the 4th. Bis lordship has lived in no fewer than rei-ns— thi'Thinl an.l Fourth George, Stom IV., ViC.ria Edward VIL, and Gent"- V. Strathcona. the next peer, colebr.itrd lii* ninety-second jirthdav two days Inter, and on August Lord Vebon- li.- lather of the House Entered his nincli. Hi year. Mr Lloyd George lirst vititoJ London • i«l Br saw ill" House of Commons J, November [£. and-aec-ording to the ■Wilis" Weckiy"—wrote the following j "„. -Went tn HoiH-fl of Parliament. Very much disappointed with them, j Grand buildings outside, but inside they j ~» crabbed. «nall. and suffocating, ps-I ecnUly the nous, of Commons. 1 will Lt say but that 1 eyed the assembly in , spirit similar to that in which William Uie Conqueror eyed Kngland on his visit l 0 Edward the (.VnfesaiJr. as the region uf his future domain. Oh, vanity!" The Salvation Army has had. at one .time and another, in its commissioned janlu several dWtanguishod peup\e. | imon oßt them may ho cited Prirwe Oscar D < Sweden, now styled I'rince liernadotte. fie married Miss Munck at Bournemouth In ISSS, and joined the Salvation Array at the same time. Another instance is tint of Lady Sarah fcflauVn, born Lamtart, of the Cayans. She was a noncommissioned officer in the Salvation; Urniy, and became the wife of L-ieu.-Colonel Joseph Sladen, of Hippie Court ty Dover. Lord Walsingham is a man of many I parts. H° is a substantial landowner; he | played in the Eton and Cambridge cricket tlerens; 'he has written much of importance on natural history subjects; and is t famous shot—his hag of 1.070 grouse to his own gun li.is yet to be surpassed. For five years ho served in the House of Commons. His lordship was also one. of the principal advocates of tabaccoprowing in England, and on his farm at Jlerton, Norfolk, he has grown four different kinds of American tobacco. It was lord Walsingham who re-introduced the : peat bustard into England, giving the lirds "bouse"-room on his Fenland estates. As a man of science ho takes little interest in politics. Morton Hall, it should be added, stands on the site of o much older building which, in the fourteenth century, was the scene of the old Btory of the " Babes in the Wood." ' The death of Jules Frederic Massenet. 5n hia seventieth year, removes one ot (the greatest of modern French composers. One of the most prolific composers of his time, his operas have long been papular, not only in France but all over the Continent, and his "Manon" is one of the most often-performed operas in Europe. He early displayed exceptional musical gifts, winning the first piano prize at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of seventeen, and the Prix de Rome at twenty-one for his "David Rizzio." He was only thirty-six when he was elected to the Academic dcs Bonuix Arts, aid ma tke youngest member fewer thus honoured. H;s compositions inclu<l<s\ not only many operas, of which "Manon," "Le Cid," and - 'Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" are the most famous, but aho oratorios, orchestral suites, and numerous compositions for the voice.

F&m printer's devil to Premier is the tKord of the Hon. Walter Scott, who has wra zo signal a victory' in the S-askatehe-■ran Provincial jfeneral election. A man of unassumißg demessnour (says "Canada") he is, in spite of ssaaesyliat delicate liealth, a hard worker, o.nd teas shown an administrative ability during hie seven yeara of office which is reflected in the j prosperity of the province of whose Government he is the head. Born in Ontario in 18C7, lie entered the field of politics by the pathway of journalism, like other Canadian politicians. Starting as »printer's "devil" on the "Manitoba Libeti'J,' ho was in ten years' time editor and proprietor of two Western newspapers. *"3e boy editor." as he was called, carted the Federal constituency of West Iteiniboia for the liberals in 1000, and Bt in the Dominion Parliament till 1905. fa that year he became leader of his prty in Saskatchewan, .and, winning the fat election, became the first Prime Minjjw of the province, and he has conned to occupy that position ever since. Tie Counteaa of Dalhousie, who is to fen the annival show of the Brechii: horticultural Society, is the daughter of' «rd and Lady Ancaster, and as Lady »ry Wfflouj?Uby was one of the few ,S™ in Society honoured with the then Princess of Woles'a friendship and arTec- ™ n - She has since a girl helped Lady faster in the good works in which she "«s bo practical and keen an interest, •M great were the rejoicings in 'the I -agabourltood of Brechin when it became ™wn that the head of the Ramsays and "the ancient Jlaules of Fannvure was *ut to bring home so beautiful a bride. ™M her marriage, which took place in «, the Countess hus lived rather quiet?>^α.she and the Earl spend most of "srtime in Scotl.md. The fourteenth S ™ line, Lonl Dalhousie sits in tua of Lorda as Lord Ramsay. He 15 once in the Scots Guards, aiid served L( Z Africa " Brrchin Castle, their warship homo,- is finely placed on a rpoua rock near the old town of ™Ml, with its ca-thodral and round e&'lf 01, resembles the r °und to were C compliment to engineering is the ynty conferred on Sir Harold Lin- ,, "igvc, a partner in the big firm wmingham, and eldest son of the Hd a cbard Tr-npre, a Corniahman, Br p-1 aTdlit «t .",f his own fortunes. «f %lf u d Was a man whom Smiles, U ( , • P" "I'Wl, would have deca m. a man thought so highly of HuLT^' 6,1 2 ° invitation;, to enter SkarH • m ec»nnical genius, Sir Wμ, • lnTent<,f l onme remarkable labbut it was the Great A Wi £ am?bi P t,lilt mnd<? his firm - the;' - ,' wifrtishman nf the best kind, tars I "''I 3 pnorrr by his death ssx tie thr V BniIlf;l - tlie constructor of -'Wr™,. Viathan of thn spas - =™M Vy!. c \ thG veßßel - Bn he applied to tori' «; ° hydraulic jncfcs did the W oft *T P 'inched her," Kir Rich4Tan- . Sa,d - " ar "l she launched us." Wlo t • in IS7B rained Cleopatra's fiubani- ° '* t3 P rospnt position on the >4 in ' and in a , - cccss ''" t] >e fides 'li com P :i ny with numerous ar- ° n -° ° f thpßo i ,lpks - Another N In, T ™Zr" invention was a 'i1i1,., whioh travelled 20 h its ,n ° POMiWHtiM. for in those 8 ,imi, "' ! by -Act ol "" t0 Jour miles an hour!