PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

! Christchurch Lawyer Donnelly weighs 18st without his spectacles. I . '■ * . . '» • j A old resident of the Thames, named Musket, died suddenly last week. Went off like a shot. I.• * • I John Fuller has been delighting [audiences' at the Auckland Opera House with "Ben Bolt" and "On the I Banks of Allan Water" last few nights. The way the "old man" •keeps his beautiful voice is wonderful. But then John's one of the fortunate ones, anyway. '• • . • There is a bumptious medico m Lyttelton who makes no end of parade of his charitable acts, His charity ; consists of ' attending . some poor person, telling him m an oftvhand, . don't-care-a-damn sort of fashion, not to worry about paying, and then referring to the matter m front of his friends on every possible occasion. This is not the charity that covereth 3 multitude of sins, but the cheap, advertising charity that marketh the blackguard. « • • Mr George Searle, late President of the Dunedin Licensed Victuallers' Association, has purchased the lease of the Royal Hotel, Palmerston North, and entered into possession last week. The popular George's long experience m the hotel trade, combined with the good Mrs Searle's efforts, should enable them to make, the Royal the most comfortable house on the West Coast of the North Island. George and- his better half are hereby wished the best or good luck and Fong life to enjly it.

One of the features of the recent wrestling match, m fact one which was an exhibition all on its own was the "dial" of veteran Jack Quinri, who esquired Bob Scott. Jack is m the sixties but bounces about like a festive schooMrov. His stories of the old Australian bush-ranging days are particularly racy, while on dogs Jack is an authority. He is an old pug, too, and reckons there isn't the, man living of his own age who will stand up for a round with him. 01d-time_rs of Jack's sort are becoming rare now-a-'days. • • • . Mr Spencer Gollan, who won the Golf Championship at Christchurch last week, was left a fine estate just beyond Waip.ukurau. Hawke's Bay, by his: father, and it brings him m many thousands a year. Consequently he has always been able to lead a life of ' ease,' and indulge m sports and horse-racing to his heart's content. He keeps a couple of racing establishments going, one at Hawke's Bay (though he has done more breeding than tacing lately) and one m Hingland. He is great on walking and rowing, and golf appears to be Ms latest eccentricity. Gollan, who nas also a good eye for a target and the fair sex, always keeps himselE m condition, and is very abstemious. He's a fine. sport and a generous patron. .

■Jimmy Bain was at one time a struggling mummer with Harry Rickards's shows, and eventually pushed on an ideal view that managers can be "created" by adroitness and tact, Jim took on the opportunity, and is now, to-day, the manager of five circuit shows. One m Ballarat, another m BendigoT The others are fixed m Geelong, Launceston and Hobart. Jim was some time ago m an "unhappy" mood m Queensland, and the ups and downs of theatrical business he often has thoughts upon. Jim has will power very strongly developed. When he was "down" few managers would look at him, but when he had m his grasp the top rung of the ladder of success a well-known manager of a metropolitan theatre offered him the manager's or the o.p. box, just as he wished. He said, "No, thank you ; give me a back stalls seat that was . offered to me when I was a poor struggling pro.

It appears that the numerous people who graft their eyes sore at Burnham reformatory, which has been so much m the limelight lately, were m the habit of alluding to Manager Archey as the "old man." Now. Archey isn't old, but merely a middle-aged, florid-faced, obstinate specimen of humanity. In the colonies, where large bodies of men are employed m a factory or other establishment, -they don't always use the prefix "Mr" when talking of the head of the concern. He is usually dubbed "Boss," and no offence is mea_nt. At the Burnham enquiry it was questioned whether or not "the old man" was disrespectful as applied to Archey* m his absence.. Well, writer should not say so. Some men are often called "Old Geezer," "Old Hunks," "Old Potgut," "Old Stiok-in-the mud," or something equally disrespectful which indicates that he s iust a plain bloke. The expression "old man" is far preferrable to any of these, and anyhow is taken from the sea, where the cantain is invariably spoken of as "the old man.*

Tom Wilford asked at tlie Magistrate's Court tte other day supplied with the Chinese equivalent for Hell. No one -present' offered : _to supply the inforniatioii: : .Possiblvrpe Chow consigns;, ivis^ enemy ntb Hongkong. ' . . -v'- V ,0 \yi. * __-..•■• ■'-■<■'■; ■ -V John Fuller; junr., is going ta Hingland shortly, the object of his visit being to secure talent for. the New Zealand circuit. y Just'uji" Rife* rent, though, Johnny is dbwji' / to r Tt with a bad attack of "flu," but ■' h» is, as the doctors say, "jprogri^fliaj favorably." '".■''■'' ■'';'; '][{■/■ ''":. [' ■ j '•• . « ■ • . Oy It has to be recorded. Magistrate Riddell has smiled on the Bench. It happened thus. Counsel for the defence was making- some wild statement about fussel oil m whisky and wanted to know of the Government Analyst whether it was not necessary to thoroughly shji,ke the bottle to mix lip the various properties. "No, it was not necessary," said the Analyst : "such is only a popular fallacy." Then the beak smiled..

i The parsonical push m the country I districts are ever on the howl about the hard work they have to do. At I Hawera they have a sky-pilot named |-H. T. Rawnsley, whose day's work recently is thus stated : At -10 a.m. he had a wedding to celebrate- at Manihi-road, 10 miles north' ot Qpunake ; at 2.30 p.m. another at MaI hoe. The engagements involved a, ! drive of forty .• mile's. Meantime h» had been asked to take ,a funeral ssrIvice at Opunake the same afternoon, [ but was unable to do so. Certainly not, the marriage fee is bigger tha* ithat for sending a stiff- on itA'-xoaA to heaven; besides, the wedding breakfast is not to be passed fey lightly. » » ■. .- •■ Dr. Symes, of Christchurch, '■ is a queer article of furniture. He nays that people are absolute fools wh», attend football matches m wintry weather and stand out m the cold ; sports meetings ditto— any sort ci meetings, m fact: That. way. lies sickness. In the next . bfe»tfc--?_ clammy breath with icicles on. lis' moustache— he declaimed; agaihst poeple who sat m bright^sunshirie wink a cold "wind was blowing ; : that!; diA more physical liatm than anything else. Well, the- ' silly public, keeps doctors in.motorca r).; , ajrl gives them eight Courses ;fp^:.diMcr, i bant command it's ow'nv.Wfcfitwr i when it wants to eiijoy itsejf; \ai& af i everybody were like Br: .Symps^tlfeJV would be ' little' toeball,' ' pi: Jh.4nd.j_ld yards sprints, or cricket, Jjj .MJitfMi the greasy pig,' or 'any'th.Wi'. dtTiMt sort. Arid yet. most '%Qgtioifi>)ff_\.l,&j& that the more open' air,.' you- h^C/sff* better you'll ftfe^'/-' m £^ .g^' •. . .-"* ••_•;■ '*..:< lto irr* nt'it^W 1

• Some queer -thih|s-eom#^t duli% court hearingspor'-' atH^uiriSS £Sw and again. 'At :v the p ßurnhaiw itivesligation all the ioflicMsa:_.p6ke^i>f c '%fce place as a desolate 'honie of detention situated oh the "WteY %ter,r^th¥Fift6 being a dreary; 'iffdneto^ there was one •'excetftipri-^-'on * ; ttie usual question 'b&ng '^tofrW Him *lh%. said, with -glowing f-to&^M^ngllfif ears, that he was satiifilfed^^itbVW*. Asked why he was different to the. others, he' said he had. a ,V,vart," and walked her out' WheheVer'he got ,th£ chance. ' She was hife iiiu_#m^|p| star, and made a sOtdid lexistefis| cheerful and gold-like. Away friJa* the unspeakable pack of kids, dressed, Brummel-like, this gent tread's, on. alt and m company with his.bit.of..muslin studies botany and geology .'.."\a*i<| cognate Subjects, and' inhales :.the breath of love arid flower^sfeftts. :^| blossoms gay. If that pMia^;;^^ marries his "tart"— well, he .may W\ feel ;so joyful as lie doeS now/: ' , : v They say that • ; ai^h'thin^''ih^fe l i. strikes twice; iir ttie v Pacej' F, M^ the law that deals out;stbush itb r tttfjr prohibited person " hits' 4V -'hhh' SV: tw*F times if he happens-' to- get- sbssellSdf If he admits difuhkehness' he is-6l)lig- r -ed to admit "pi'Ocurihg^ liqti6__ ,,? - 1 as I well , although- it ifcay ' haves: beeri '•{>«£' 1 sented to him on the'idccasio'n of "his" ; birthday, or as -attribute 'to the^ 'respect m whioh he was :? held.' : iThV matter has been argued at. Dunedin, and it hopped info view .at Christchurch this week when a ..dry looking, cove of decent aspect, named Qharlef, Mack, was called upon ."ip. ;jplead ! Jp ■'; the charge. Someone had generously., filled Charles up m the train! and t.h& ' liquor was of such potency that Oh}*? le^s were of little use to him! 'by/the . (time town was reached. Mack said he supposed he must plead fcuilt^. . though he didn't buy the g'rQg,- ! ah&,, had none on him except what was in •' his inside. Ke was fined £2' 10s "m:, all, and was refused time to pay,'' Beak Bishon saying that he never, gave prohibited people ' time. Tn 'th* next case, however, m which a man was fined five bob for tanking, the droughty delinquent was allowed ft week to find the crown.