PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 105, 22 June 1907, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

. The record 1 for ' Remaining under j .water is 4min 29Jsec, ' and belongs to i J. Finny- Evidently, another, member of the tribes • « ' . . ■ Mr r J. Parker succeeds' Mr Charles W. Earle as associate editor of the Wellington "Evening Post." Mr Fred Earle succeeds Mr : Parker as sub-edit-or., r A T constable named 'Johnson received four months' imprisonment m N.S.W. t'other day for assault on a citizen. A lesson that ought to betaken- to heart by other brutes m blue m N.Z.- and elsewhere.- j ■ ■ • • •.■ • ■ v« Eddy, old commodore, skipper, who got a comfortable billet as- shipping' master 'in -Sydney, died at 62. James Mills, general manager, big shareholder, and most prosperous man m New Zealand, still goes strong.; •" ■ . ■ . • ■ : ''• ' Eddy and Mills went into the employ of old Johnny Jones (father of the N.Z. shipping trade) m .the same year. One as boy m the office, the other as '''that damn <boy" on a" coasting, steamer. Office work,, ' as usual panned out 'best., . . . : The king of racehorse trainers, Mr John Porter,, has just passed has 70th birthday. This fine veteran \of the turf trained no fewer than seven Derby winners, and stakes amounting to over IB7oo,ooo,have been won by horses prepared by him., • ' ■■•',.' • • The Town Clerk of Dunedin ■ (Mr R. W> Richards )■ had' his screw bumped up by £200 last week; making, it a thousand a year. He can therefore t*s excused for 'having an ebttravagjanit dinner at the <3-rand Hotel on the ;Friday night; duri-ng'-'the. course ' of ■»rt«^Ji^hje__*^»=^6nas preKwiu-swinea oham'P"a^e^*h;^eedy gusto- . : • • ■ ■, '■' • •''■' Six-tjr^seven years ago, viz., on'Junel 17, 1840, British spvereign'ty over tft'3 Middle Island, mow Known as South Island, o? New Zealand, was formally proclaimed- at Cloudy Bay by Major Bunibury, , of the 80th Regiment, and Captain Nias, R.N.:. Official proclamations of British sovereignty over both islands of New -Zealand had .previously b€©n made on May 21 of the same year, by Governor Sobson, at Bay of Islands. • .'■«•• »■ Recent-deceased Dr. 'Alexander, under his 'will, bequeatjhed £1250 to the Governor of St. Helena for the benefit of the native-born poor and the necessitous inhabitants '•■■ of the island. The legacy is given m recognition of the fact that' St. Heleena was his birthplace, and his fam-' ily have been closely connected with it for a lengthy period. And the St. Helenaites want assistance badly ; their existence now depends upon' the number of rats they catch. • '• . • ■ ' Special services were held t'other day m all the Amglican churches of the colony to celebrate the yuibilee 6i the cons>titution! of the Church' m Newi (Zealand. Mos% of the celebration consisted" m a ''canonisation" of old Sam •Marsd'en, who st?arted to spread the Gospel among the Maoris m 1814. Of course,, the fact that Sam Marsden a rorty old wretch and waded m rum, and is m the black list of early lagdom doesn't count. Spreading the Gospel covers a'multitude of sins. . ' • * * The death, the result of an accident on the hunting .field, of Colonel Ricardo, the commandant of the military forces m Victoria, and who has also been commandant m Queensland and West Australia, revives recollections of his famous libel action against the Brisbane "Observer." Action was taken on the ground that an "Observer" cartoon implied that he ,had -been guilty of cowardice during the South African war. The colonel won his case, » and the "Courier" (from which office the "Observer" shoots) never forgave him, refusing even to give him- a biographical obituary notice usually granted m suoh cases. The colonel was a very gouty subject, and presumable either a knock to one of his feet or a heart stroke was responsible'for his fatal fall. .••'■• ' • '• ■ Harry Rowles, who arrived 4teom South Africa, the land of buccaneers and other trash, only four months ago, is a rather bold s©rtA©f youth. He is about seventeen, and has a relative m business m Ohristchurch. Desiring to line his pockets— every pocket m his outfit— he coolly forged his friend's name for £146, if you please, and walked into, the bank pirate fashion and asked for the spons. The cashier didn't like the look of the signature, and held the cheque, but Rowles cleared and cashed a second one for a fiver with k a publican down the street. Judge Chapman gave' this amateur financier 6 months, but the Government is to be aAed to send him to Burnham, where tee will teach the admiring kids the ethics of forgery, or the three card trick. Wonder where he g6t the money) from to cetneto M&arilund with*

• . There are: many .'curious people la Christchurch who are wondering whether Barrister T. G.* Russell was an applicant fpr, a King's iCounselship., %, ■• . " '■ * . ' : « Captain Cha-tfieldV another of th« Union Company's old skippers, has gone under. : They don's last long on that line. Rough on nerves along the' N.Zi coastx ; . • * a - A 1 veteran of the New Zealand wab passed away at Portsmouth recently, m:. the person- of Colonel 1 A. H. Tucker, C.8., whose end came after a long illness m the 74th year of his age. , - . Rumored that Sir JospeH Ward wants Sir Gharles Wyndham to visit New Zealand, and act here Sir Joseph' knows wh 0 Sir Charles is,, and does not suppose him to be George Wyndham, as his predecessor* Dick Seddon, did. .-. ■ ■ ' ■ • ■ • ■ . ■ • Harry Ell, M,H.jft., has a habit , of writing letters to the papers oh various bottomless subjects while i iding on the train, and when editors N see the jerky scrawl, which is like a streak of lightning gone mad, they are apt to view Harry's temperance professions with profound suspicion. * • • Lieut&nant-Colcnel Hume, Inspector of Prisons, has been on a visit 'to the' Auckland Prison during, tb,. week. "Truth" trusts Hume gave' Pointon some pointers for the better' conduct of the Auckland gaol, and last -week he took a trip to Lyttelton and decided to empty them out there fiom the top to the bottom. ■ -* r ■*,■'*■ Amongst the changes recently or-^, transfer -ot CaptaiinJ^eri. Stuart**! from the Patee'ha^ to" "tfie : Penguin The genial skipper is very 4 popular with the travelling ..public. ..as* he al- ■«■ ways takes a keen interest' in the comfort and welfare of everybody, wEile they are under his care. • • ■■ >' • « : ' ' ■ Nelson lUingworth, the sculptor, is ' back m Sydney after a nine months' visit to this colony, where he took orders for the busts of the late Richard Seddon, Lady Ward, and. Miss Ward, Sir John Hall, and others. He returns shortly to complete"" his work on these and on other expected commissions, which will take him nearly two years, to com-plete': ♦ •'.■."■ Mrs Christina Elizabeth Clark, formerly General Secretary of /the New South Wales Temperance Alliance, had some very nasty things said a^ bout her by another' cold teaile m the person of William Winn, amongst them being one that she -visit* d him at his bedroom m the Hotel Metropole.- A sympathetic jury awarded "laz" a few hundreds damages Fortune has smiled en ';Dink" Reidy 4 and Hunter, two members of the Pon-eke F.C. Both drew King Paul m Tatt's sweep on the Brighton Plate, and the popular and lucky pair' will split up £-2720 between them. Both are members, of the Permanent Artillery, so therefore Majali Jacky Hume will very likely • treat them with marked civility m future. * • . ■■. \ Miss Mabel Munro, the second daughter of Magnificent Munro, who was ; General Manager of the New Zealand Exhibition, figures m a full-page portrait m the London "Tattler," and er the heading of of Prct,ty Women." The picture represents the young lady as she appears m "The Lady Dandy" at Daly's Theatre. What popper appears m the estimation of most people isn't worth discussino- just now. • ,° «..-.. One of the most popular men m Nelson to-day is Mr. Ernest Trask, . son of the Hon F. Trask, M.L.O. Ernie was never known to niako' an enemy, and no one ever heard^ him speak ill of his neighbour. -As evidence of his popularity it might be mentioned that he occupies the position of president of the Nelson Rowing Club, vice-president of the Jockey Club, and member of the Licensing Committee, besides being on numerous local bodies. . . . • Jerome Fulong, the Cambridge lamp-lighter, who- neglected to light the town up t'otber evening, time he was jagging his-juguiiu" with a keen-edged razor, is a curious individual, and has been before the Auckland Court, before on charges of attempted suicide. It is said he has a passion for blood and fire dramas, and m this connection has gained quite a notoriety. He was organising a company to -\produce "The Outlaws," otherwise known as '.'Robbery Under Arms," m Cambridge, and had announced his in* tention. of going to. Auckland on behalf of the company. Thrise Dead wood Dick adventures appeared! to have preyed on the- young fellow's mind, and it is also alleged his mental equilibrium has been further upset by the xinrequited affections of a local young lady.*