WHO'S WHO?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13701, 18 March 1908, Page 9

WHO'S WHO?

Mil. Ai.in.o Sri'Ku. whose recent play, "The Barrier," was recently produced at the Comedy Theatre, is the son of a doctor, and is now in bis forty-fifth year. Harry Vaidoii, who has been doing great tilings at golf lately, is a Jersey man by birth, and first played the game of which ho is so distinguished un exponent at the age of seven. The Earl of Ronaldshay, whose engagement to Miss Cicely Arehdale was recently announced, had made a, name for himself an a traveller and hunter of big game "' before he decided to enter the arena of ■ politics, and become a member of the > House of Commons, Sir Edward Henry, Commissioner of Police for the London Metropolis, whoso men have had so many puzzling crimes to ' elucidate during the present year, is him- , .-elf a very capable detective. On more I than one. occasion of late, lie has personally . Liken in hand a murder inquiry and carried it- In a. successful ' elicit, The Still .in of Morocco, whose affairs continue in it state of uncertainty, developed some years ago a- taste for the music of the bagpipes. After consulting with Kant MacLean on the. subject he despatched an order I for a. number of instruments, which tire now . played regularly by a band trained express- > ly for the purpose, I ' ; Sir William Soulsby, who has held the ,- post oi secretary to the Lord .Mayors of London for about a. lifetime, was a, pupil at the City of London School with Mr. Asquith, and can recall two occasions on , which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ft! head boy, boxed his ears for being noisy. Before associating himself with the Mansion House, Sir William was called to the Bar, and served on the staff of a London daily. King Peter of Servia, whose, reign has • been marked by the mysterious murder of another ex-oflicial who "was in favour with his predecessor, is a. man who has not, < the slightest dread of his enemies, numerous as they are in Belgrade. He is to . be seen on frequent occasions riding or driving about his capital virtually unattended, a practice which, curiously enough instead of endangering his life, has had - the effect of making ninny of those who were most virulent in their opposition to ( him when ho ascended the throne the loud- [ est in their praises of him.