PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 112, 10 August 1907, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

'Judge' Dennisfon says it's a swamp when a man buys; a lake, whence sells.. * * * John Burton, of Falmouth', dead at 67, wrote, "How; to Live One ■Hundred Years^ * * * The "body of Charlie Siddells has been embalmed, and will be brought over and buried m his beloved Wanganuij ... . •. * • * Solomon, K.C.jjhas been engaged to defend a -Dunedin medico m.a breach of promise case, "wherein a lady resident m England claims £3000 damages. The indiscretion was committed m Britain. *• * ■ H. D. Bedford, a boyish member of the deceased New Liberal Party, is consoling himself for the fickleness of electors by writing articles for "Dunedin Star," on "The Giants of the Eartthi." Pigmy Bedford ds now; dissecting Cromwell. *.* * ' Wrigley, who joins the three-quar-ter line of the pro. All Blacks, was given a royal send-off at Masterton on Tuesday night. Masterton will have a head as large, as Wanganui ha» over Webb when the red-headed bumper scores his first try* ** * * Wright, Cross, Byrne, Tyne (forwards)., and A. Kelly (back) of the Petone Football Club, were to have left Wellington by the Warrimoo yesterday (Fridav^ to rendezvous with the All Black pros, at Sydney. H. J., Palmer, manager of the pros., was al- ' so a passenger., *' * * Webb, ;the world's champion sculler, has fallen on good times. His backer, Win. R. Tuck, gave him £500,' the citizens of Wellington are going to present him with a purse of sovereigns next Wednesday, and m Wanganui they are subscribing to buy him a house andi a section of landLucky Webb ! ' ■ ■ \ * * * S. J. Donovan, the. Irish delegate I who accompanied Joseph Devlin, j M.P., on his recent mission to Aus- j tralia, is, according to an Irish ex- j change, likely to be selected as the Nationalist candidate for North Monaghan. The seat is about to become vacant, owing to the health of the sitting member.. ** ' * By the death of H. Hamkey, chief steward on the Aparima, the U.S.S. Company lost a very valuable servant. . Hamkey' had been m the service of this company for nearly fifteen years, and was on the point of retiring to enter business on his own account m Nelson, when an accident cut him off for ever. .'■ He leaves a wife and three children m Wellington* ' ** • • Bis&op Neligan recently, delivered an address to young men m St. Peter's Church, Waikato, and concluded with the remark, "God bless you all," | when he sait down m an unusual'manner. The chair -was old and. rickety, and -his eminence is substantial, and he suddenly presented a pair of gaitered legs to the assembly. The dignity of the church depends largely upon clothes and reliable furniture. * * * Recently dead novelist David Christie Murray was visitants Napier a-, bout 1892, when the "Jim the Penman" Co. turned up at the marine city. The impersonator of the heavy foreign person who hisses "R-r-ral-ston!" \ra.s taken ill, and to get the management out of a hole Murray offered to stage the part. He did so m several centres, and hissed "R-r-ral-ston !" even more convincingly; than the original performer., * * * Whenever the House makes a burlesque of a private member's Bill, the irrepressible Wilfordi is m the thick of it, and moves astounding resolutions with the .utmost gravity. Ancient knight William ? Jukes Steward. had his political infant, the Legislative Counoil Election Bill, before the House on Wednesday night, when Wilford tabled a motion providing for the admission of women as members. Moreover, he got his amendment ■ carried, and if the Bill is allowed to pass the third reading, there may be old women of both sexes in -the despised upper chamber.; ** * * Hone Heke mentioned m the House on Wednesday that his relatives m the North were regarded as rebels during the Maori 'troubles,. but a number of Ma/oris m his electorate assisted <the iGovernment to slaughter the natives, and that district was therefore entitled to representation m the Legislative Council. Hon« is a humorous person who wander* over the House exchanging confidences with members, :and seldom speaks from the' same bench twice. The cultured Maori speaker usurps the seat of any absent member -with the utmost sang froid, and raises points of order and asks .questions from vari«HXs parts of the House as the debate, te ' .proce.ed-

■ Jn*>.'^ . ijiU uc-ir-' .' Mr Tom Pollard^ -the.: iWeiyg*«j[9»r^ theatrical manager,-.; hag^beezfci^SPLg.' a rather bad time 0f ...; it; wiis}i;p£keu* ; matism at Christchurch. Viii.jt. i<.a * * ' :r * :i»., •-■•■:-« - ; i Mr M. C. O'Connell, of MasteEtpn, was a passenger to Nelson last week, and will be m the back blocks there for some little time. * * * Maori as she is spoke.* "'/A person named Holland told Magistrate Riddell t'other day that he had ' left' his, ship the "Rotimiana" four days previously. The same individual kissed the testament with a noise that learned counsel said resembled that made by a cow pulling her foot out of a mu dhole. * * ■+ The old-time Canterbury sportsman, Mr Dan O'Brien, left Auckland last Monday for Sydney to attend the Spring meeting of the A.J.C. He took with him a couple of youngsters of his own breeding,- and is very confident that the bearers of the "red and white hoops" will be successful on t'other side. • * * * Winston Churchill, the changeable, who, when an officer m the English Army m South Africa, was captured by one of General Botha's commandos, and afterwards escaped. Now, the talk m Lunnon is that Winston C. has been captured by; General Botha's daughter, and perhaps he doesn't want to escape now.- i " * * * Frank Myers, one of Australia* most brilliant writers died suddenly* a week or two ago. Frank was.. a voluminous contributor to Melbourne' "Truth," some of his articles cite* being, republished m these columns. The deceased was one of the l>e»feknown of Australian journalists* having been on such papers as thai "S.M: Herald" and the Melbourne "Argus." He was a freauent contributor to the blatant "Bulletin.'.' * * * . Mayor Tommy Hislop, unlike many other "big, folk" m Wellington, is a) great reader of "Truth," though. h» is not a great lover of the paper. Talking of "Truth" readers reminds? | the writer that going to the last I day's racing at Trentham numerous M.H.R.'s were observed scanning the columns, and Speaker Guinness seem-' !ed to enjoy it more than anybody else. Most members bought it—one ior two didn't. They waited till the ! end of the journey m the hope of ' picking one up on the cheap. * * * Sir Humphrey Francis De Trafford. of Trafford Park, Manchester, and! the Carlton (Tory), Arthurs, ■ and Bachelors' Clubs, London, has been bankrupted. The baronetcy dates ' from 1842, but the family was settled m Lancashire before the Conquest. The bankruptcy has beea brought about by racing and horse breeding. In the last eighteen years Humphrey Francis de TraSordS has expended half a million . sterling . m racing and horse breeding. The family motto, like many other family, mottoes, has been belied, "Gripe Griffin ; hold fast." . The baronet ia 45 ; years of age, and succeeded to the estates m 1886. * * * .The Wanganui boniface, "Billy", Tuck, sole baoker of Webb, wouldbe the proudest man m all Ne\fc South Wales last Saturday when his colt. Webb, beat Towns for . the sculling ' championship of the world. "Truth" extends its heartiest congratulations to Billy, and Webb too* The former is credited with winning well over four figures, and Webb will come m for a good stake. The only other winner m Wanganui. was another publican, who is credited with annexing a hundred, but. as a whole, the punting miblie m Sandy town were not at oil sanguine of their man, and futile attempts were made to lay 2 to I against Webb. .; • * * Jno. Clarence Newman, of Wellington, has had a giddy time within the past few months. He is a builder, and had the contract for the erection of an edifice at Seatoun, but disappeared with something over £100 m his possession. He left a letter for his wife indicating that he was aboutf to commit suicide, and advising the unfortunate woman not to fret as she would be happier without him. It was subsequently discovered that Newman had departed m company with another woman for Auckland, where the pair ran a brothel. This was a much' easier method of obtaining bread tlmn? banging planks together, but th© Auckland police fell on the transgressors, and a merciless Beak sentenced Newman t» a month's imprisonment. While m durance, the carpenter's bank-book came to light, and as he had been previously gazetted as a wife deserter, a passage to Wellington was taken for him. The wife, who was left with £7 and a child 19 months old, has subsisted as best she could, and Magistrate Riddell ordered the payment of £1 per week by' Newman towards his wife's maintenance, and advised her to make a separate application m respect of the -"Id.;