ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 30 May 1914, Page 15

ABOUT NOTABILITIES.

feob Stevenson. eMnrnck. Lnu . t w just p3^-- p, i aW;l } ■!> ftt-atrn "tJlbeen one of the oldest members | w t » Institution. He Joined "''^22lodg? in ti," thirties, and *BSJMSh ,1 for sevcty.tivc jeir=. . .he- ,-illvers in the 0 I, of Commons ar- Mr. B. mar U.w % McKenna. < "-h.-- .- a popular SLrth members, but many games ot C£ nr- Played ™ dull nights.! ttiP, men ir«m ■■ '" North "t Etglani «, e death occurred last month, at Ihe -of 17. a- thP <,onv " n; '" Ul " i '' l "'"- S Vupn. rppw Nerwood, En.lnnd. of St. George, tn- la.-i survivor ot Jftd of nuns wn„ rendered such finable assistance to Miss ll„r.'.„" s.-BhWiptl" in nur " n " Xh " i '"' X : "" J I landed in the Crimea. Prime Minister apparently has , .--nnd tiie demands upon his time and j "enrfesWsinecure. In fact, te, facilitate LWk of thp department a private ..lepbone has been specially installed Si* War mcc '" N,r ' Af "l" ilh ' s Ijvats room at Nn. lv Downing Street. L ffire is so constnn-ted that tapping i/absol'-rtcly impossible. The fed that Princess Mary is grow■mint ebornc in upon the entourage at Court at Windsor by th.- fact flint Ler tie first time this Easier «.„, occupied 4 srite of moms of her very own. They Ij'j a teantihil outlook over the lovely jiniens at Wndsor < hsilc. and were sJed with her favourite knick-knacks pthemd together sin. c her ciuidhood. I |ishould aiso he suited that there was | j corner sacred tv Ueei.s. The Spanish Grandee, the I.nke of j j]ba. who showed Winston Churchill ran., tiie Escoriai during the- first | Lord's itohday ni-cntly. _, a sort of a j busman. The Duk- is also tenth PukeJ „( Berwick, as lineal representative of c the firet Duke of Kerw-ick. the j French marsluil " ,|n result d from the liaison of -lames JI. with Barbara Churchill, lie.' LToat Duke of Mariborontrh's sist-r. The Duke <>! Alba . «; educated in Kn.land nt Itcauniont Collcie. bat his l'.erwi.k title is not rsosrnised in England. It was declared ! forfeited in the time of William 111. I A larje. attractive, red-bricked house. | overlooking Clapham Common, is tei be- j rtime the Tesidem-e of Mr. John I.urns. I President of the Board of Trade, during tie armmer. It is a modern gabled (house, ijtandmg in nice prounds. The louse is spacious, with several lanre rceeption rooms. Mr. Burns isays the -Cbromcle*) will take up residence as soon as the decorations are completed, lower down the hill from ihe common. in i pretty little rtreet of select villas— ]iavciidci'Gardens—Mr. Burn? live? at p.ese_at Hia new house will be more eommodinns, and will allow ample room for his books and pamphlets, which he has accumulated during hies long connection with the l.oiieion Ceiunty Cotme.il. and more recently with the- l/ocnl (ioveniment Board. General Count Gleiehcn. the commander of the troops at Itc'fast. is a descent-ant of the Duchess of Ken; byte! first marriage, and therefore related lo Kins' feoTg?. T'ne Count's fathpr. Prince Victor of lLui.cnU.hp tjaiigenbuTg, dropped his princely rank in order that he might not be conrpelJed to take rrecede_er of the Kntilish lady he. married, and also because he hated forms and ceremonies. "W'lien Prince Victor mis serving as a midshipman his vesfel tiJiiched at a port where there was an English gam.-on. and the commandin; officer came on board. He asked toe captain whether there was not a Prince related to (>ue- n Yicioria among teoeScers. "Ought I to call him 'Your Highness' or 'Your Serene Hiwliiiphs?"' he inqtdred. 'Please yourself." said the captain, "we always call him 'Sausage. because hci's a German." tidy the wife of Sir Arthur rtget, whose name het- been so frequently mentioned lately by politicians «nd otbe ra in connection with the VLst.-r "ids, is an American, with a handsome to, deep grey eyes. an,i a Mender afire. She has entertained Royalty indndinj the King and Wucen tns I'rince fi Prmccss 0 f Walesl, Kin. i-Mwnrd. Q»«n Alexandra, and the Duk" and JWess o: Comiaught. King Edward -*l often her guest, and in old one Party nf hen which hr.-anie an annual !Btit_tiou was the luncheon which she eWanaWy cave f or | lis ]. v „ Majesty on 'c Sunday bei weet, his return 'from Jlanenbtul an.l his departure on Monday ot Doncaskr races. ].a,| v - l> a2( .fs iii'«sta arc however, mere than social. JM she has done work for several iililiWy charities. Only v voar or tlV() y™ nij; ed it permanent fluid, called *= Taget Fund." for assisting tin- famifeofsoldiers who have served in the *>pde of Guards. At the time of ihe «w war tier efforts „n behalf of 1 he tapUl Ship Maine caused her to receive ™ Person.il thanks of Q-ieen Victoria. Aaeriea's so, oml richest man, Mr. '«teick Weyerhaeuser. ~,' St. Paul. who dieti last mouth, was "'"•h from £a).0l)0.0(10 to iITO.OOOOOO =«aade m the timber trade, lie owned engirt, or hp|(J . ,. onlro „ in _ lnt „ rost 12 - square miles ~." t.mb.-r landneatly e<|ual tv that of Kn-land wot standing p.n... This modest miltnT 10 Was unknou " outside the- timber "*. despite ha t'Tionnoiis wealth, until ™f ?eare apn. when the Covernment anti-tnin" investigation into _ .timber holdincs. I'hen it was rey* th at America had overlooked one "s greatest multimillionaires. Since «« many effnrt.s hud been made to public with details of bis life, His entire life '7™ baaed on the idea of s„ T ecv. JJjWy little was known of his por**ty. Re went m A.neri.-a from (!er?f*»!!0» IS years of age. and P ll life as a workman in a sawmill. 7= Eo «n realised the wealth of the -yttenean Xorth-Wcst in timber, and. Parting vith small -i- 'i.ises. he rose 'De America-s ••ItiT.'.'':- i.ing."' One of "•IthT 7 f<!W S "' l - Tin:r ' ''"'"'-"i to him is: Bin. I have suepperied hpcausp I care °Mc for nry credit than for rev clothes." say tha this t- true, and W attribute his initial successes to * abflity to gain and keep the trust with whom h . ( l, m _ ;„ con . ~' " r - Weyerhaeuser was uncultured. ."a read yen- | ;; ->. b , lt >, p Wl , r ked from »■»)■ to 10 p.m.. ;,„.] knew intimatclv •*». thi nge __ tjmb(l! . nnrl , n ,, n . h,, na , interested in philanthropy ns fnr ns , PlOtra. and tni cr.uplcd with his fr-ti, publicity, -c: him V" 1 from other Amci-nr. inTionaircs.