WHO'S WHO?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14587, 25 January 1911, Page 10

WHO'S WHO?

The quarter of a million left by Tommy Loatcs, who has just died, is the largest fortune ever amassed by a jockey. The renowned Fred. Archer left only £66,662, while George Fordham, one of the greatest jockeys of all time, was not worth £20,000 when he died. Fees were much smaller in those days, however, and Loates owed no small part of hie riches to Mr. Leopold do Rothschild, for whom he won many races, and who advised him as to investments. ,:

It is 15 years ago since the Rev. J. H. Jowett was called to Carr's Lane Chapel, Birmingham, and it was welcome news to the congregation when he announced the other day that ho had decided to. decline (lie invitation to become the pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York. There are few more powerful preachers living to-day than Mr. Jowett, and men of all shades of politics go to Carr's Lane to hear his sermons. At one time Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was a regular attendant there.

A municipal record was established at Montgomery recently, when Alderman N. W. Fairies-Humphreys accepted the corporation's unanimous invitation to become Mayor of the borough for the eleventh time. Ho will bo the only Coronationyear Mayor in the United Kingdom who also held a. similar office in the two Jubilee yeans of Queen Victoria, and the Coronation of King Edward. Mr. FairiesHumphrey®, who is a native of. Durham and in his 74th year, is a grandson of the founder the lifeboat movement.

One of the most popular officers in the navy, it is hoped by the whole service that the report that Prince Louis of Battenberg is to become the Second Sea Lord will prove true. A first-rate sailor of the modern or scientific school, His Royal Highness has more than once commanded cruiser squadrons, and he lias been at the head of the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty. It has boon a disadvantage to him that he was born a Prince, becauso tho fact lias tended to cloak his remarkable gifts as an officer of wide culture,' considerable organising power, unusual mechanical inventiveness, ready initiative, and good, all-round, sailor-like qualities. Several improvements have been brought about in our navv through his incenuity.. ' *,