PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 103, 8 June 1907, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

One man called >.to\ the -iCbrastchurch Supreme Court the other day', was Percival Brrpll ' Douglas - -Moly-nea-x Carnegie. A ebap jfrith a name like that should carry*; seven pounds eitr a.

New Zealand's first white Woman was Mrs Hannath' King*' Letheridge, who was toorn aft the- B«iy of- islands, January, 1816. Mrs Letheiridge died recefntly,. Oldest inhahiittin'ts hay« a habit of 'dying.. '■■;;.'■'

Andy Dawson, who. was once Labour Premier pf Queensland and later (m the . Watson ■:. [ Ministry) . ' F ; ed'eral Minister, of Defence,", is to j be found selling lollies behioid the cou'iuter of a Melbourne suburban s&op.:: Awly may be \ found 'doing lots of ihangs lie ought not ! •''.-'■:"'.■

How the mighty d 0 fall, and when they do. ii> is 1 with a lp'iid Uump, ExSen&tor Drake, . of ' QMand,^in thelast State elections stood for . . Brisbane N , and was placed at the bottom of the poll. Formerly .he '"v^a's. !• M,L. A. m the said State,, a^d was ", elected Senaitor and held office, as P.ostmast-er-<3eiieral'. Then he fought. , shy of Federal politics, and ntow iit *. seems that" everybody, is fighijin-g ' shy, of Drake. . ' ;■, . -

There 'have been a- 'lotVoJE happenings on the N.Z. Tnky Way. of late. Oharlie Earle, of the "Post/ is to be editor of Wellington's new daily, and, needless to say, ' 'Grisly ".jjujkin will miss him much. W., . F,' Foster, night editor of 'the, N.Z'.' 'Herald,'' has gone, or is going, to take up a position on the Etobart "Mercury." Anyhow, there might; b-e a chamce,, or two open for the plungers of th« reporting stall of the two dailies concerned.

' In consequence Defcactive Coouey from *he Otaso Police* ' District to Thames, Acting-: Detfebtive Hufti t has been bumped up o&a, and can now style himself «v fullblown - detective. In his • own opinion Hunt ha's been easily • the best man of the Dunediri mob this while back, for he is a cocky little snapper, but has still a page or^ two of ■ his • lesson book to ' study.' However, he is willins-,. and means well, so nobody grudges .him his rise. ■ ■ . / ■ .. " • • '

Nat. Werry, who ' died at Cashmere, Indiia, wa^ for a rons time, a WeHifngjtan resident. ■ At ons time he was Under-Secretary for Railways m New Zealamd. He resign- ; ed tihat job, and became -secretary of the WeUington Olub.': He V 1 married -the widow of. Oolomiel Reader., mother of Mr A*hor .Reader,, wh'bse^ wife became _.pr.omdii©nt in.comnedtion- .wiitlv financial affairs m the United States, San Domingo, andi. elsewhere. /, Nat. was. a gireat la-th'letic enthusaast,- - an-d was a inemiber of nearly every ath-," letic tootiy in/tlie city.. ■ .' ; .J ■.-■'

"According to "Napier .Telegraph," Governor Pluriket told ithie simple na-, ; tives of Wairoa- that, '-the dr-ess, of the • anbieni; Britons was,- . a * tfoick , coaF'of wood.'" Hautce's Bay people ; remembered tjhafr othe: late-- sowtiherly had^given his •. Ex:, a .pretty ' . $a<i , timoVof it— coach- stuck up by< slips,-&c.—and--.they oharitaiWy •a-tiiri'biuij&dr the strange statement to clfaim-lagh'fc-ning v ret reshmeat of the . wayside accommodation house.. Two <lays later, however, a iran'tric., Wairoa correspondent. wrote that his correct Ex. had mentioned "woa<d," and not "wood;.", and Hawke's Bay .tumbled over itself to look" at its 'dictionary., • ' • '"" •■•'■•" i* A. Palmerston inspector, has,.instituted a reign of terror amongst the cyclists and other, by-law dislocators m the city of the . empty Square. Quite re<«ntly he rounded, up. a mob of victims for riding on the footpath amd otherwise disregarding the borough regulation's, and there vas weep" ing and wailing- and rattling; of false feotjh; and also tbepayment of fines. Thereupon" -the cyclists took, an oath to he oven, and -.. awaited events. Shortly afterwards the clever inspec-. tor was seen ; himself ( riding disdainfully on- , l %e fv l'po'tpatJh, andean information^ wa's^filti. In a crowded court ■of JoyckU& ;^y<Ai'St'S he was ■ Sned . 12s and .cosjis.'iand left the Oourt with' a stain, on his oharacter, to be jeered at subsequently-. •., by Ihe local small toy. W. C r Buchanani l rich bachelor squatter and ex-M.H.R., .got ''himself elected chairman of the committee, set up •'by.':Wair'araipa Pastoral Sociefcy to „ consider the £400 prize competition promoted by the '-'N.Z. Times," _ J o r model farms m three provinces. "Buck" .is -reported >to have put £8000 or £10,000 into tine, new Wellington morning paper and personally canvassed the whole of Wairarapa to induce Ifoe squatters to take up shares. ■It will be interesting to note 'the e^act inethwl 'adopted by;the committee to kill thf proposal of 'Ihe rival morning paper. The coininattcß will piO'b'a'bly allow 'the proposal to die of inani'tioh. .' jOerstainly,, ., the sq.uatters are not 'going to assist a paper which they intend presently to -run out of existence, if piossikle..

Now. stated that brewer -Louisspn, M.L.C., of ChristchuroK^^as to have a Chrfistchurch 'cMni' --' ! [ m. the old^ men's tomb, but at the'lasfmoment Cabdneti, decided v in ; : ifa^of ol cold- water maniac Q.\'J.'A Smith. Hard luck. " " . ".'[ *~ • • 'Jock McLachlan,' member for Hashburton, didn't turn ud at " tie. ■■' Empire Day demonstration,. corLtp the luncheon ; tbe : fact was commented unon • Is Jock* sufterinn- from dwelled head ? He had a memorable : exper- [ ience m Christchurcli t'other day, bui; the less said about the incidfht the 'better. ' ■ ' ; t.

"Ttuth" has hoimdEdl that ifiide cancer-curer Stanton out of Cliristchurch. After our last article m • reference to the young man ""ftrea'riey. whom he attended, -and who -died from diptheria; for which the- oilyStaiiton merely g^ve him, sugas pills, the old bloke thought, he^ would^ive the Cathedral city best.. He a i; .once discontinued his sanct'im v pn|ous.r lectures m the Orange J^all on Sunday nights, and packed- lirs furniture' off to a city auction mart, and it Was sold last ' week. It is the intention of this canoor-curing Jmhi'bMg, who has "had" so many, peopley to proceed to England right ,away. W« wonder whether his' Bible' "puslCw.Ul depart from current custom end NOT make him a presentation ere he; departs these green shores'. ';. .

Charlie Barle will' edit', ths-prietftn-tiously named .new. morning paper, the "New Zealand News,' 1 which Represents the last despairing okfc;k&£l«' ot. the old. Tory ....Early. ...to J/hs.JS^rj&t of progress m 'the Wellington ' fYfjince. All pressmen aii4 others '-V&iU |knp-w\ham;-vwiil-Vjt>ngf'ia;tiUßJ!iC ■■Jpjfcpl^. ! : on the i ; <lisfcme£km protection witc-ja-i avlarge ?Jf 'c*?S^fU-ilia,^e&. i'^rfpff prdprietdrs" are wise: ~ : f<n: -o^Miiit~^ knows vhisWblliii^tdii. TaxanaSi *r<ef .. he joined tie oW "Bvehihs: :Prs*s':' staff, when quite a froy.- m th<*. l*i» ei^h'ties,- ami 1895 round, ■ lrinV <&s*f Parliamentary reporter for the'Pafefc. Later he was on tlie editorial »t*B-'pf the "bhristehurch Press." awl »4lted "The Referee." la 1004 h* vsus sub.' to the "Welling! on Post." t%h associate editor. Now \vs. ushers vns new puiblicaiion - int o ex i steixe . ■$

That comic opera politician, . Ruth.crford. of Hurunui. cr thereabouts, will b 3 g(3tiin ; s?. into' seiricus t'clitical trouble if he -doesn't tale his hat off ani think. Tin ether night, when he spol>e to the elector^. hesaid that if they couW find any pro-, vision m the Land Bill that' woMld, result m. putting anybody on the land m less lh-:.n Jen_vears he would* double an-Ris"! u'jsc rnii for s i'o all the lc'Cal) jinsldt-utions. -Well, Rutherford, who Iras' tons. of . cash,arid occupies more land • than ; he can' find room for. is^ talbins throuilr the "hole m his collar", fir.duf his ya^fber is anything tess than : ; down-, risht bri'cei'y IMS ■ Daper doesA't know; what it . is. Rath^for^' .has cdiri to burn ri.2ht enough/ and if ho starts bribdin'2? 'Ms ccnstitusnls 'm that way he will, get heaved (put for sure There arc a let ''Gf^u-taii.q?; in* stitutiens m ' 'his 'vs kctfor-atc^sjijd-there are a lot of nrivatb neople ati so,, an-d Rutherford dcesn't ;iequir« the three hundred a year 'he c«ts lot aictin4\ H^e a mountetank' m House. Anot'hsr statement that .this monies coon made" was that .he didn't; "belong to the Literal and Labor. / Federation. : Well, they, don't want V 'him. Also", -.bis nibs enterjßd the- House as a Liberal— or '•« lAfc erai* m" ass' clothing. Further, the Liberal crowd will talk severely to the gentleman at next election. 1 \

Parson Woodward's High Church proclivities ha>ve.got him into hot water at Foxton, where .they ljke their pastors to tie of the plain, ordinary Bill Smith ty*pe. The local paper credited him with saying : ' 'If Ms congregation did. ;■ not agree with his religious 'beliefs, they • could go elsewhere." ' In the next issue, the luminary climbed over itself m its eagerness to remark that whimper* ing Woodward had not said that, W\ had said this: "Some people might not 'like the '« things intf adudad into the parish, but they were not to be offended with the church simply, because they "did not agree with tlife priest ifi charge. "If any member of the church came to him and said, 'I dpn''t like your way of ' doing things, and think they are top High Church, therefore. I' am! going to - le/a-ye) tfoa church, 1 ' iris answer would be, 'If that is all the love you have for your church, just because your clergyman (who ss;henP/to-iday and gone tomorrow) does not qiiite fall m with your v views, ■ all Icould say would be. .'Perhaps you had 'tetter go.' " After all the above is a long-winded way of saying what the paper said m a line and a half. A : parson like Woodward never says a thing direct;' he climbs all round it, and shoves it down his congregation's throat whea it is looking the other way. We" wonder df the founder of Ohristia/nity was higih dog or low dog, or just plain ' dog.,