VICTORIAS PREMIER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 7

VICTORIAS PREMIER.

Mr. E. J. Hogan a Popular Choice.

MDfEB TO CABINET

llie outstanding facts al»>ut Mr. E. •T. Hogan. the new Premier of \"ictona. are that he is Hit .* iiii in height, is 11 of age. has Ken in Parliament for It years, has had seven months Ministerial i-anvr. and -"a; formerly * miner and timber worker

t Ldmond John H>-gau l? a mrinbcr >f a »rU-kuo*D B-illjrjt. faaitlj. Hi--' lather wj-! on t::_- bind, but being one) of sCM-ral children. "Ned""—4- he •.-.-!' djen. and i: still kn<>« u—ch>*»c to pur-uc i ■•»ii»i\e fortune in the U>»t. jnd Jrosa itJOS until 101 i h« na> a miner on the: joldfiekl-. anl i«rr;u»ijvaln * worker in ; tii« timU-r Ji»iric; - < In ?!•!.' tile di«tn<t ■•: ii-- Li. :.1 r*ucn liim ba.k. and it »a - then, although ' only 27 \ear» of *?•-. ht v.,, n tbi, -?jt ' •ii Parli.micnt. an<l iic li.i* bci-n tjerc ' Mr H«-,:a:i f-r -<-\..t. i-t-d;.]- ..; t.u Pren<i?rg-it-t I.<" cm incut in IXI n x.- . Minister if FUilna%,. Ajr;ruhm\ : , Market•. V.wr .inw .1. he ha- been a keen rea<i»r of econ'-aic* ) The Prcmk-r i* one of the mode ! rati-« .if the Tjliwr jiart* l>;jt bi- r -ona'ity <iomin.ite> the rark an-i .'- i' ••f tb«»e u hum i««- 13.1* !«•.] in.-,, t;,. | m;intlr r.f >[r. Pn-nilei-ja-r. th« former I; I'jrlianTn: jr\ l-j.l'.r of tlw pariv, 'tl\ < him in Mjr.vi U«t vear. H<? i- an out-a n> I-out cnemv <~f : >i« iViinjini.:.. He has .10-Ljrr-J That if they «c-p aHoir*)} to rnntiniK in ♦;:.• I-»b<Mjr rht-r v-uJ.; t\ reck rt ! "TTiey :irr- out >•>( >_\m|aT°nv »i»li \u.--:n>i;»n iil'.il-." !ie nnr- ren"»-kc.l Mr H-Ttp"- T.j'-.tj- Mini-r-i »ill >- • niy the Third »-hi»b \i«-t.rj hjku'"< n. NEARLY LOST HIS EYE. DEMPSEY CHOPPING WOOD. 1 [.(J* A.\<,KLL> 51; ;■ 17 ] •'a< k l>»-ni|.-<?v. the f'T-!;-r ] rl:4rn|'«un of tiie »"ii<l. mJraru-c~i:i|-e«! the !«!•.- iii- left e\v t at his tr;iiniu; oiiup. nrm r U'-'i. The Ci<-hjim>i<»o th-'t-v' l ; ■" <xxl j « lien a chunk tf«. » iij. .iiul »tr«rk hn.j Dcni{n-cy -nj. m-hed ;■) U\a*rd tor , treat ment • It «J- fi-lllld tiut X \-lriT ..f »<.tjd. , halt an im-h entered tiic etc. r')\-ui.«n- adiisini-trre"! a loi-a.l ■ nucsthctir. and rvm<r»\ed the -phn'cr. . n>> »<-iii'ii» ii.in"a;"i n^ dvne t<> a"> "f the ti»»uca BACHELOR ABODE. PRINCE'S NEW RESIDENCE. LONDON. Mαv IS. G.-**ip» arc e«ti>Sed that the Prinee «'f Wales ha* intentioa of early ourriagc, i»> th«« suite of n»w.« usuxllv -■'lupioiJ by the Heir Contort, has been umitted from the ;»rejjaratioi«!» now j.r«ccdia? to {L\ up 1 Houi-c a a a rokicure for the Pnncc. The original intention u AS to c le*n the whole of the interi.M- rompriMaf iW) rooms, but the King declared that the cukt w a.* t.»,> bis »incc the Pnucs nas not married, and did not m-cd •*> mudi -|<anr. m> thi- repair bill «a, cut to oih.llalf. Mvdcrn ian»r«\emcni.« in tile h«;u-« arc, under thv dirett—n "f «^- : ~^ : : ilj-v. 1 «ho vi>a- iho j-Uer r~ S ularl> ,i? ~n j cr ■to jec hcv tJK n or t i» prnyrri»iaj.