PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 107, 6 July 1907, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

P'er"cy Herman,- ticket-seller,, auctii qaeer, money-lender, hotslkeeper, racehorse owner, hotel manager, speculator, etc., is president of the Christ- , church Synagogue. Good old Percy ! i ■ • • • Governor Billy Lee Plunket has a partiality i for stout, and occasionally calls for a bottle when ;at home or : flitting about the islands. The stout ' habit is hereditary, Plunket's mother being one of the Guinness family, the makers of the famous Dublin stout.,. • * * •:•■.. [ "Arty" Fullford, the/ future Mayor of Brooklyn, showed- a representative of "Truth" over the new National : 'Bank m Grey-street last week. The 1 firm of Fullford and Smith are doing the plastering, and) the work certainly reflects the greatest credit on them. * • .■ « The first case m which Mr Saul Solomon, newly-appointed- K.C.,- ap--peared since being honored with the confidence of 'the King, was a "tWoup" appeal m the Supreme Court at Dun'Bdin. He appeared on behalf of the accused., "Kings counsel ! The irony of it. ■, • . ■ • . • ' .■ Tom Wilford was sufficiently recovered on Monday to take a couple of heavy court cases', although his face bore evidence of the severity of his short illness. On Tuesday night he was m his place m the Talking Building, voicing the resolution of the Pet-one workers m objection, to the advance m flour by the milling octopus.. * '•'•■. Freddy Baume, all the way from the North to advertise Auckland's grievances, Has been caricatured as a darksome-looking Owl, x with a solemn expression, and he looks it. He belongs to the fraternity of "Costs, your Worship," and represents big brewing and other capitalistic interests ih . the Queen— but recently plague-stricken— city, of New- Zealand. * * * ■ _ Member Davey is sound on the anti-Chinese goose. In the Address-in-Reply <he expressed his gladness at the recent .Wellington agitation a-g-ainst the rotten fruit vendor. He reckoned that it was to the eternal disgrace of the people of New Zealand that they should patronise the Chinese, and he held up Wellington as a shocking, example. He thought they should put the bolt on the door, and say, «'No more Chinese shall land here./-- -• » V \ Strenuous Hall- Jones is ill from administrative- anxiety and has been given leave of absence till the end of the session, to enable him to take a health-renewing trip. Member Davey on Tuesday referred to the indecent haste of some newspapers and some of the Members to fill his boots. "No sooner is a Minister ill for one day," said the outspoken man from Christchuroh. East, !'tha.n a pilot balloon is sent up on btkalf of his successor." « •• ». . Mr Duncan Gumming' s appointment to the position of Controller of Savings Bank and Money Order Department, upset the calculations' of many postal men who looked upon Mr L. Ledger as certain to fill, the vacancy. The latter gentleman is a young and active up-to-date business man and his appointment would have been ; a very popular one..\We believe he has teen connected with the Head Office of the Department longer than any other member of the Service.j Comparatively new Member Poland, of Ohinemuri, who replied to the Address m the Orators' Forum, is an old footballer and athlete, although his forehead is extending farther back every year. Like all patriotic New Zealanders he loves not the Chow, and he said so m his speech. "If a European wants to compete with a Chinaman," said Poland, "he must live like a Chinaman, give up his home and family interests, and exist' on a low plane of civilisation. " I believe, sir, that the further importation of Chinese should be prohibited/ 1 •*. « ' The announcement made by Sirjoe Ward that it was likely that 'the Mayors . of the four big cities would m future be dulfl>ed Lord Mayors, lias caused the heart of many an apbitious citizen and oitizengss to flutter m a wild and foolish fashion.' The word "Lord." is supposed to enhance the dignity of the office, but Lord knows - whether it will make the Mayors any better. However, Lord Mayor sounds nice, and will look well m print. When George Pay-ling-fence, Mayor of Christchuroh, read the news at breakfast he spilt his coffee and ordered two more rounds of toast m honor of the absurd rumor ; also, he felt fully seven feet high as he walked down to his warehouse that morning. It seems that Maoriland is going nap on dignity just now, and the article will soon be on view m shop windows, ami be cut up m lots to suit purchaseifißi

Mrs Howie (Princess Te Rang! P^ai)! the Maori lady with the grand CQn-. tralto, is at present m a bad stdtej of 'health, and there is a doubt as to\ whether she .will ever again, appear on the concert platform. • * * R. W, Richards, Esquire, Town. Clerk' of the City" of Dunedin, has come out m a long-tail coat, a shiny, bell-teaser, and a cleaai dickie on the strength of his rise to a thousand a year. He'll have spats next week., x** • • Mr Win. Stringer, K.C., of Chris> church, and Mrs Stringer, left for, Sydney by the Zealandia on' Mondavr last. All the X.C.'s are very prominent just now. They want airing badly, and people m Australia must learn that we 'have eminent counsel m New Zealand now. , - -' •■ * • Mr R. W. ShorK of Petone, is an^ nounced as a candidate for the Hutt constituency next election. Mr Short who is a Petone councillor, refused nomination for the Mayoralty last April, but it is on good authority that we state he will be dabbling m. politics when the general election comes along. It is a curious coincidence that fireman Donald Mcßae, of the Lyttalton Harbour Board's tug "Lytteltbii," who y&s found drowned m the ha,t~ bor t'other day, having presumably.! tumbled over the coir mooring springs,, should have succeeded Henry Creasey*. who. was found drowned a year ag€> under precisely similar circumstances., . • • « ' N.Z. sculler Webb's new boat has been completed, and will be christened jibe "Ferro Stout." This is" the* l name of a particular brand of liquid 1 1 brewed by the donor of the 'boat, \ and a few bottles of the article have ■ been brought over for the bhristeiunt '{■ ceremony. Anyhow, whenWehb bunipij Towns it is to be hoped) that thW; new boat is not suffering a recovery,, • < • Constable Cockery has retired from the Polioe Force at. Reef-ton and has; taken over the Royal Hotel, Westport. He will be succeeded at Ssd- : donville by Constable J. S. Reid, from Wellington. No doubt' Reid will do likewise. Just at present, though, when there are lots of murmurs about the inadequacy of police pay it would be interesting to know hoyr cops like Cockery can do it. • '• ' " ' ■; Mr Harry, Sell, the well-known rough-rider, was married recently at the residence of Mr David Sanson. Springfield, to Miss Cousins, of Lawrence, and has gone to Melbourne to me»n the honey or whatever the sweet few days after marriage is called. Being- a rough-rider, Harry, will not take it amiss when the hope is expressed that he will find married life a cosy and comfortable seat.. ••• ' ■ ' Another veteran of the Maori-^ar has passed away m England m THu — person of Colonel Lowry, late of the : 12th Regiment. He served with his . regiment as captain, and passed > through many trying times, especially, when engaged m transport service. His wife, who was well known to old Aucklanders as Miss Bessie Dacre, predeceased him several years ago. He leaves two sons, both m the' army., • • v • • • . Messrs Ike Hyams and Gbff Warreii are to accompany the New Zealand footballers on the Australian tour* No dojibt both will be m good form, should the team meet with its usual success, but we sincerely hope that Ike will not be taken ill should the Maorilanders go under. When -th©~*' Welsh team conquered the not' invinoible "All Blacks" the little man gave a display m Willis-street sug- , gestive of the fact that he 'had beeni^ mixing drinks for about three di%s-,' on. end. • ; ■' ■ • • « ■■.-'■■■■■'. ■■ j Lady jyjacdoaiald, widow _of Sir"" ; H^itor, protests m a letter to the - GfaS£ow i; -- "Eve'nitts Crti?en,' J of April Bth, against tlte- cruel statements, made, that her ; husband hail been seen m . the flesh. ! pointed oußv' the fact that norn had spoken tj^J^S supposed Sir Hector, w)j£>nV*nraee<^ she wished M«3re alivg^Qt.-'te so. Nc doubt the feelingJf^Tthe widow musi* be considered ; but the fact remains that before he took his life at thjp hotel m Paris, Sir Hector and hi^ lady ( had long been strangers. Whflr "perhaps, had better be left unsaid. \ • • • ■■•■ € The Hawera "Star" says :— "If is | with deep regret that people of Ha^ wera, and, indeed, throughout Tara-^i naki, will learn that Mr Alf. Baylyr who has suffered from heart troub.lw, for some time, is, on inquiry, m aj|? very low/ state. The news of Ms' illness has been received -with grely!; concern m Hawera, and it is since^ ly hoped that Mr Eayly wilT vrf a speedy recovery." Alf':; 'jn.^/ ness has been 'a matter of ecmceri many people scattered over | colony. This sterling sport's r.f has .-been a household , word ih.'"| Zealand, and his like at the, p*v? da 3?; are. few indeed, 'A 1 - \.-:*. ■ - . . A