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New Zealand Mail, 17 September 1902, Page 68 (Supplement)

In asking a question in the House of Representatives on Tuesday with regard to the case of Frank T. Moore, Mr Atkinson remarked that his Excellency the Governor had shown singular clemency in the manner in which he had dealt with this sentence, but he would say nothing on that point.. He held, however, that a convicted person ought not to be encouraged to look for the remission of his sentence as long as he wont somewhere else. This man, he said, was obviously not a criminal, so that there was no harm done, but a condition of the kind he had mentioned ought not to be imposed. The Minister of Justice replied that he did not think the Governor would be prepared to sign any pardon with a condition attached ; ho did not think that his Excellency had any power to do so, even if any Minister were foolish enough to ask him to do so. No condition, said the Minister, had been imposed upon Moore.

Rhodes, the Yorkshire cricketer, tells an amusing tale about himself. A certain old lady laid down her morning paper with the sage remark—“ That Rhodes is a clever fellow. I see that he s making his mark in the Yorkshire team. Well, I always thought he’d have to do something for &. living wlicn that Jameson’s raid failed.”