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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 95, 22 April 1922, Page 14

The Feildinsr "Star," in referring to the case of a Melbourne baronet who is working as a market gardener, says:— There have been and still are parallel eases in New Zealand. There was the case in the South Island of a Scots baronet of ancient lineage who married the washerwoman of a small township. The eldest son worked as a labourer on a farm in the Feildirig district a few years ago. That son is the baronet to-day. But, like his father, he does not use the title, and he earns his living by taking casual jobs. There is a resident in Feuding to-day, living a humble and retired life, whose mother was entitled to be addressed as "her ladyship," but her neighbours did not suspect her real identity,jis she dropped the title on coming to Scions of ancient British houses arc scattered all over the Dominion, some of them bearers of titles which are hidden, whilst some of these secret aristocrats are actually "dead scared" lest their hidden life should be disclosed. They really prefer to be com" moners—most of them because they cannot afford to do otherwise.

Hamilton is one of the few towns not possessing a memorial of the late war. Meetings have: been held from =time to time to discuss the question of erecting one, but these have come to nothing. A few enthusiasts,,including the Mayor, have, however, decided to call a public meeting tp . ,a campaign shortly.