PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 93, 30 March 1907, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

Mr W. Moon, Paymaster of the Imperial Pensions.' Department m Melbourne, who has been, spending a few weeks at the Exhibition m Christchurch, returns home, via Sydney; this week. ■ • • • . . ■■ Prince Sadanaru Fushimi, from, the land of the cherry blossom, has been chosen by the Mikado to . pax Edward Rex an official visit. More binding of ties. Fushimi is said to be a typical Japanese patrician, 48 years of age, and with a, brilliant ! military career. • • «• , ,-,. ■ Wm . Robinson , who succeeded his 1 father m the financial chair of the Melbourne "Age," is. said to have netted £45,000 m one deal out of a Queensland copper venture. He had only been a fortnight in' the chair, but was content to quit journalism at that. David Syme made £18.000 out of the sameVdeal. a * * * < Harry Pearce, veteran how that he is. still proves himself equal to . allr comers of all ages. His latest victory is that wrested from F. W. Czar,- a Napier wrestler, at Napier, the other night. Harry is an adept of ju-iitsu, and Czar could "not stand ud for more than one bout, and would not try his prowess m the catch-as-catoh-can style. ' ' ' " ■ " • • ; ' ' *'■•".. ' ' • '. . ; John D. Rockefeller, an actor, said' to be a 'brother of John D- -Rockefeller, the oil king, was killed on ; the stage of a theatre In Chicago a short time back, when a gatiing. gun,;: which was used during a 'matinee performance, fell on' him rand fractured his scull^ Rockefeller was ■ assisting, to remove the gun from a temporary platform on the stage.. His home! was m New Yqrk. ' ,: ■'•'.-• ■ ■■■ ' • -.';- : '' : . I v./i i i!.- l iii?vV' i .-->- r ' f ►-.■••*-■ .-•■::■ ' ■ ' . .■•'■"■ ' . ' ■ -■■•■■ -^•' v .' t ':'■-. ■' ■. -■■ "■■ ■ ■ In a' recent issue it was' 'started that Captain. Bower had just completed his twenty-second year of service. But it appears that he can beat that ma ' walk. He was on March 6, . 187-7, and has, therefore, been keeping tlie council records for 32 years. He w-as referred to previously as the right bower, but With that extra .decade to Ms credit he may be considered both bowers and the joker. Ben Fuller returned last Sunday from a trip down south, and complains that he has, contrary to. all previous experiences, put on weight. Ben ' has certainly become quite aldermanic where people usually stow their dinners. Duniedin, according to Ben, is not sufficiently .advertised as a health resort. •. , Anyhow, nhe OugM to be careful' what h6 T ,]&ays r about putting on beef down thefjei as the canny crowd nii'Sht . remembrir , it— in their bills- .',,,- --* .••■ : ; ; ■ V ■ ■ '■■* ■■; "■+■": W\ ■- Acting-Justice, C. E. Button; lias, only one arm,' his left, 'andKwitJh his left "dook". slings 'all his ink. . -H^ has a daughter; a gifted -young iadv. so some Jcoun'try papers 'say; who is' mi ssionary somewhere m China .• Jus--tice Button takes a greait interest m his \Chutch— the. Wesleyan brand, and^ perhaps ■ after he has " had' a fe-W months' experience on the Supreme Court bench he will learn which needs Christianising first; New Zealand or the Chows. It's odds on New Zealand, gvcry calendar of thecriminal court sittings anywhere m "God's own Country" is swelled up with horrible nameless -crimes. Let the" Pagan go along m his blindness. Give us light here. ; •' .«.••'■• *'■■'■■ Mr V. G-. Brogan, tot the Post and Telegraph Department, tias recently returned to 'duty after, a couple of months' sick leave. Mr Brog&n was completely run down by a long spell of strenuous brain work and was ordered complete jest and a change of air. The result of compliance with the doctor's orders has been a decided benefit to the patient's health, but he is; still far from being m his old; form. •Mention of the popular Yin; brings to mind the fact that he is probably one of the, oldest of Wellington postal men, and was on the original Head' Office Staff. In fact he was. connected with the mail bag business when the' letters^ and telehad their headquarters m Charlottestreet, where Standidge's. shop now stands. ■ ■' ' . * *.-■'■* Mr J. A. Parry, of the ' Wellington District Defence Office staff, was made a happy man on Wednesday last at St Anne's Ohuroh, Newtown, when he and Miss Bessie Coffey, youngest daughter of Mr Paul Coßey, were linked m h'olv matrimony. Misg Coffey, sister of the bride, and Miss Stella Rod (neice) and Miss White, df> Nelson, acted as bridgesmaids. The t brother, Mr Newman Coffey, acted as groomsman, and Mr Starsfield Colclougli stood . by the bridgegroomi A reception was held ■at Godber's, and m the evening .a number of friends assembled at the house of the bride's parents and;.,,prolonged the festivities until the.small hours. The happy couple left for Palmerston, where they will spend their honeymoon, on Thursday morning,

"Mich," otherwise Hughie MifJi&'elf,. the best-known and most popular ' .-jot Cauristchurch journalists, is a,| present m Wellington. He is -just alkbuti full up of the Exhibition;: and is^glad to let the Ohristohurcb people have the big Easter week- on their own. It : is more than probable that the Gallery, will see him this session. • ■•'■■•• Mr Justice Denniston is generally) very peppery on the Bench, but he seems to ha,ve a corner m bis heart for ink-slingers of the. Press, and per* haps he has reason Jor it. His latest is that "there is an unwritten law exempting ■ newspaper reporters from serving on juries." But if. Would 'be interesting to - nqtte what would happen if that "unwritten law" was pleaded.- ';' v * ■ •• ■ .'_'•-. .#■.'- •; '; ■ ■ Miss Kitty Fahey, ..who, 'with her pal, "Russ," have made themselves so popular at the Empire for the last six months or. so, ■ has just returned from a holiday on the Wanfranui. The black sand country has not done her any harm, but given her a good, honest New. Zealand color— has thrown "a perfume on th« violet," as it were. Anyhow Ah« boys wil^ find her 1 as "fay" as ever. • • » Mr Francis McParland, of the Hotel Cecil, has just returned fronr~a trip to the South Island.. Mr "McParland is generally looked upon as a West Coaster, but it is not generally known that he game to 'New Zealand with what is known is the Molyneaux Rush, m 1863.. His first miner's right, issued m- 'Ota-go, dated 18&3-64', is at the present time framed and hanging m his office- at the Cecil, .. - '...,.. i_... "■■ •■■:■> ■ *- :•-■. /■*&■.• •Mr Togo, "Truth's" ' te, is missing. There is evety-reasoni; to • believe that some wie/niV of the paper has made away with 'him.;. This fact, however, need hot -Rive sau&?*i? ent-ers-any alarm as Togo' was a iiict vegetarian, and since vet. Quinri<ill so successfully amputated .i icoup'o rf joints of his underdone tail, t he b&s enjoyed perfect health. ■•. Should his remains be found Mi^s. Sunday will issue the funeral invitations. '■ - . • ■ •*■■"■■ j« A Sydney lady, ' well-known m -Wellington, recently had. an introduction •to Maori life m Wangariiii. Two small Maori boys— dressed like boys, anyhow— but with long liair werr making cnud pies, or something, when the fair traveller encountered them. She was a bit puzzled as to their sex, and asked, "Are you two littl* "boys ?" >. "No fear," said one "he a wahine, I show you," but she didn't wait. ' Considerable conjecture is— • taking ' place as- to who will- be chosen to fill the position of secretary .to thoPostal Department. There a great many who assert that Mr D. Robertson,- the assistant secretary* will be the. recipient of promotion-, I ,'-' but it is difficult to see how Oabi- . .i<e,t. can pass, over Mr J. K. .Logan, ■ tihe. Electrical Telegraph Commission- '&£, who is an older ; member of the service than Mr Robertson, and since tha.fj decease of the late.Mr G-ray. is the -senior officer of the Department. In the recent promotions of the Post and 1 Telegraph Department seniority, has been a pronounced factor, so that Mr Logan, with his other high qualifications, must be m the running. His promotion would be a popular, one. w y ] \ , • * . ' \y; Marie Llbyd, one of :the mosli photographed of English .actre!iaes r earns a salary of £115 per week r but good luck has not made bee selfish. During the London music * hall artists strike, she publicly • expressed her sympathy with the abject of the strikers, and declared her willingness to part with some 'of her salary for the purpose of levelling up the doles of humbler members of the profession. But success makes players hard, and Maiie's humane proposals did not find a seconder. -• ,' " - • *■ . ...... *■ -'■'' -" Hughes, the. miner-<diver, who has earned for himself an undying name for- bravery, by . his marvellous feat m twice reaching the entombed miner m the Westralia mine, is a "dead character," as well as being a bravo man. -About two years ago he came into 'fTruth" oifice, m Pei;th, W.A., and asked what was the meaninc of "•moiety." Said he wanted t 0 settle a wager. The best dictionary was placfed at his disposal, and Paddy expressed his thanks mid went out. About half-an-hour afterwards another weird looking individual j>ut We head into the editor's room and aafce ed if he might trespass upon tfast • for a moment or two. His tTcatoto was also the meaning of "moiety." "I think you'll fed it there," sail the editor, pointing to the dictionary lying: open on the table. He crabbed up, the book eagerly, and then slammed it down with an oath. "I've just bet Paddy Hughes two quid, and the b — - b has b well beat me," he said, and rushed out of the office without another woTd. Huglica 1 is a pretty, cloves beggar all vight.