“Banjo” Paterson.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 1, 2 January 1901, Page 3

“Banjo” Paterson.

r. Paterson, the famous war corres'needed little introduction m any VintlVnev Commonwealth, and he is r is awelUmown in New Zealand. The fV c,matter in the Northern Murrumbilme district of N’ew South Wales, he began i *- c VmV>lie career as a solicitor, being S'till a nJcmbei *of C a' legal firm in Sydney But in native colony he has distinguished hima>! a fearless steeplechase rider, a golfei, ’ Cl ,‘ tennis plaver, and more recently inn Mirer He is best known perhaps as the author of “ The Man From Snowy River, and ftwas because of being then a practising solicitor that lie wrote over the signature of” The Banin ” the name of a horse he owned. He has Ven lecturing to immense audiences throughout the colonies, and his opening lecture has been fixed for Thursday evening w twelve months, will recount some of the incidents which marked the progress of the British and colonial forces in South A.ncn. The lecture will be illustrated by a complete scries of moving pictures ami limelight views from -‘Banjo’s” own snapshots, which being fnllv described by him forma mo»t ntu active feature of the entertainment. The plan of reserved seats will be opened at Miller s this morning at 10 o’clock.