PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 159, 4 July 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

„/••..-'; "■■ «i The s Hpii^ : Francis Tra.sk, M.L.Cy and his. glpod wife ' are again£ m - Wellington , m connection, with .the folcm'er's ParMamehtafy i-uti^: "They are staying at ..the ; i_^^;^?iii;:-'\ ■' • ' ■ f- •.',.■■'' ' " - • •.'.-., -,'<; ■ y. v :'- ; ■ ;v^is^considered- ; certain- that'^^i^will lie , a- . tti|iiguiar ' contest ; f pi^the Wellifigv ; toh/* Cental seat at the general' elections/ -n(ex|^p^cfe'n^ijer. The-tsi^tihji!;-; member;. Mr /^^i/p^,;?Fis_er| will he',6pppsed by;the 'Hoi_,/-^ijW. Hislop ahd^ Mr P. J« o!Re}'^sWt&B;.; ■.; '<y ; /'.■.•,•-••'/. ; ;;-: ; 'i-i;y ; i*.-.-;.. : - .:*.-y- .■;.*•, .- ....;. :■'■. ■"i; The Benjamin 61 'the "House of "Repre- \ sentatiyes,, : Dr. 'C^applei • TUapeka'snewbj } elect, made shis /debut/ as a legislatpr : • on j Monday, arid 'on Tuesday night 'moved, 1 ; the >>Addr^^h^Rteply/ cto / the/ Goyerri6r!s ■;■. •: ' speech in^^; a -telling manner. ; M^ heard of: the* 1 / Wellingtbh doctor .yet iii/; parliamentary' life, ;if he doesn't- ;get«« bumped out pf it; > /y- .■.-.•...'.■ ' .■/'•' ' ",'■ ':■ .*:■■ v,-' •'• ' '■.'.'■■ ; *2%--' !■"■"•' '■.; ' * ' '..•■.'->'.-■ Mr'R; T.- Npble^ Besisley, . former gaoler' at> Wanganui,,, came/ down to : last week, arid intends i»" residue : here per- , ■ Vmarieritlv m future - . Mr 'Beasley is still. '^ery,;/^eak as. the .of his painful opej^tipn, but pfie , is gradually /.pickihg/up;, sttdttjg/tli v - -and //hpiijes,/ to ba able/to /' get; i^^/iitt/a/Veiry short time.; ; / ' // -''■£''£{£■-...' -.'a- ',"' "'v -'.".-.■■ .■'•.' ''■- ■"•"-.■■v*-:";-•:,;"■.-/•■"- --■'. y^G^rgei/Pprtusy -he of /the - cheeifuii;chiy;i; ; ;andj^|he^sad grey .haii-yhasyhad a bit /of /b^l'iuclcil m Dunedin. f Geo . came v over./ ; : I?^^g^ustraiia i vahead' pf ; ,j. Nv:Tait J s ; ;l_t^^/|^pori"atio_s, arid.had to go mvv ■|qft^^|Slspitalv where he. ;undefwent, is/ -pleased to r&- --' -qord'yan bpfelration for sonic foot trouble;' . .■■'*■.'• -.' "-.-*"' ;> * : ■':;■-.'' '':*■''■'.--•'. i-.". ;;/ .Two of WeUifigtbn's' .'"bhbys"- m,,' the persons - of Bobs/Hogg and Boh. ! Law, Vlelt Ipx, Rotorufi last; Thursday, :^here;/4hey: .^ptepd : to spend, the nißXt',ni6nth:. Neither:, /•gf^the^ pair havp .'been '. outside WelVingtpn , ; ■^Fx^yipusly,./so the, former's; /mp'ther" very; ■ ilc^di^/'cpris^riibed to accorripany . them':/ ; It took Oney Hi^gins's biffgest li ; ari"'to/cbn ; -: vey their ;luggage to; the station; - There/ was, an /ei6use; : fbr Hogg's aniount pf-slug-;; gageV butiNavvy Law's :;pbrty^as;'a3 , big-' as ; a train arid brand . hew ' top, proving r : <that / he:-;had; JHev^;/ t^avelled'^fprej/ y >. y The Hpuses of Jaw were opened m tfiieT.' usual fashion on Monday last; when Bill/ Lee, alias Lord- Plunket; 'attended byN Capt. Lyons, m the uniform of tht Eighth Hussars, and. wearing a huee. shpwy ; .brush bri his sh'akb, and Mr H. GJ Waterhpuse ' ' (private i secretary) : read Ms speech from, the "throne" m the new (Council/ Chamber. "Truth", wonders^hy: a- phonograph is^hot utilised for this nur- < pose. It must, have seemed like sacrilege. to Bill Lee to sec his ; old hearth and; : home: desecrated /by /the/tread of thei. plebrari navvy aiid miner;|v';y .;> ■ .'.--•".* -."'•• ■ -;■'■'■ ••• ■ **" "ivy-'' -;'■ " * ■-■:■■■. v .■ Bookies / Barhet and. Grant "aiid. Prltiter Wilder of Christchurch, had .'everything m strain' for theCbirth of a ; new weekly- ' paper- that > was to supersede everything else} of its' ■kind, m the colony. ' Additions' were . -even being;,. riiade to Wildey's'/pr.intery :ta: , house _>3000 worth of; machinery.; to '-.--print -the pufelicatiori, Which was ' tot be : dbld'-;at' the humble price oi- one thruminer . per copy. ' _ The : '. prospective proprietors, however, seemed yto have been appalled at the unsuspected initial and subsequent ' expense/ of /a' paper such as was meditated^ and thought better of/ it.' The enterprise met with a : journalistic miscarriage; so to speak, and ripw figures with tjie mammoth, army/pf unrealised dreams. ''■ -..*-.' :.-'■ * '■■■■■* \ . '■-. Emii Schwahe having retired from a permanent seat m the Parliamentary' press gallery, Mr /Fred Reeves, '-' of the {•Evening Post," has been elected president" Vol the gallery, With Bill LustV . "AucklaiM, Herald" as bis first lieuten-: ant.' Many kind words /were said of .the haturally-retiririg .Emil, arid he blushed/; vividly whenv ejcpressing : his thanks -at the/: many kind references paid to his leaders ship. Freddy Reeves is now m onlce lor the third . time arid is a battler^ for, the rights, of the -down-trodden; press man. He is on« the -.small side, but has;, the pertinacity Pf '■ a British- bulldpjg. ; he . also has a somewhat sharp tongue and woe. betide the man who deliberately offends him ; for;five minutes Freddy will apply the whip, but afterwards the incident fades froni his memory, and :he xs the' saine genial Fredas before. : The walking-round-the-world madness has bitten a small section of the Christchurdh public, who have wagered each : pther something m the- region of £5000 ■ that a person named William Wilson \will, andv^iil. nok ! accomplish . the feat, Wilsbn?s portiph' of the syndicate -'is': going tp give him '/an (unspecified percentage.ef when he.\manages the -iob, which five years. Wilson - ordeal without -.. cad 7 from .. CJathe--/turning amidst loud » to ' earn ""Ssgipleton

■' The penalty of popularity^ . ,_^O». j .om%-, -era sportsman, Walter Y6ungytes- hadv horse named -after him ; by his- Abldrtiii!* friend. W. Hy Keith, fodaerly 'ojP'N.Z.V ;but now. "of Melbourne, '-k.. , ■'•■' ; ;y y ? L y&lajor ' Shepherd, 'Serg^nt-at-Arni^ ink ■ fl^e: .House of Representatives, /Is awayy otfi; sick leave, and; Mr :<s&. ,J).\ O'Callaeh- V the mare jM^^niajestic step V andy dignified mien wiaMffig of ■ a> -ourtier . % ,of;--(^^ff f :;v;,.:; r :,'.-^^y:-'r; • .j| ''■'-~:vi •/' "'fi'- -', - ■ *■'-, y-421 * *" '-' ~-^'- :^\ ; Pe^cy F rd^_n, :■' chahipisfe-^emfifijariee'-* " * -pianist.' of itie . world, hasten challenged; ■. -i* by A.' Moore, :a Sydney infflßician, /to a -- ; 1 contest' 'tpi £50. The, u^6'ch: is to /.-he; k . I arranged, so , that 'there'll :^e; some' ivorv-i-: • \ rattling, /shortly/ ""'/Eh, .'wit ! where is" '■'•'-.'; Gharie^^ Parnell »y^-: v j£ : -" V\ J-,---' -; : v--/';', W^y ?S^3* -^y S -- ; ■ -":" '- !^&i , The-, opening .of Parliam^t /was \shornTyy qi -imch -of itsHattf activeness owing, . -to : •- • ■the, _trf6_bed;;absence. of " th^|_eautv bit- .:> eadtev- the Only present!: being Lady 7 ; .Ward;' . Miss 'Ward,- Mrs ■ Dri Mjindlay . / Mrs v ' ,:^4'/thie.\;two.iiMsses';" HaiirJowl-, anij^is :W&lcplm- ; Ros_?,/ Wellington V*lady journal- ,c- - ist- 7 ' Doubtlesfc Bill tee .did nbfr.feel- So ', embarrassed .-' aiu&so got his speech -off -m .':'■■' the retd(rd.v tunfe*' of scyeri.teen. minutes. <;V7bi^' w^ . v-/yy\yy»-y yy- . : * .. -vy : '■ /""y •;'-; ; will be a goodly contingent ;6f> ':. :New . Zeateadets ":'' present at Flemtagfoh£^ to-day to witness the contest for i ihr____ ■VRJC. :' Grftud '/.;'< National ; Hurdll^^* -Amongst- the ;^ -\ -Price, one of .our'leadihg ; hdrsen-3n; ''P-i- ' / fer ";. Jlyan, owner ; of- GachUca, Fred Dou-v • glas,. . millionaire '■'and racehorse. , owner,, \ 7 ' Geoy W. McDbiiald'i^wool -king, rani at stewaid-of the W.KiC.-,.-Alec..;R(e\d. ! .chain- .; <:pibn;-;^6ugli rider , '■ : .-' Jini '-..' ' Becked; ' Qpo-A - Solly Lewis, ; all 'BteWdns ;Uli#Sharaipn, ; fbrmerly; snorting ..writer-, -a but .latterly '''ah organiser .of preisenta^ipjis^ principally; for himself. * , "Mr Alex. .Verne, advance , for-' Meynell; and Gunn's "Beggar on / Horseback," 1 ' • passed through Wetnngtpn^.qij . S^Jajrday ... on /his \|ay.7.to ; Christchurch^ /'«yher& ■■■> the ""y ;Cpinpany;;oi)ens i ;;on the r l&th.ys&"_ie inean- . ._v time theyafe piayfibig : tie- _n__ll-t-WiY5 ■______{ the way Jdown frpm^Napier. JVfter t^^^" ;Ghristch_rch season^iey will. ' .open ri)k •Wellingtoh: on : the' 27th. ' ■' : y^ : ':'Y " ; ■'.:,■'.- > !Arry Rickards' /travelling .teoUpe ol v vaudevillists are . a. very liappy lamily, "whicli is due ■ the almost paternal m- - terest manifested byj.Jackh'Stivyordale, ; leader of the world-famous iMiles-Stavor- .--• dale v . quintette of banjoists and harpists.^ Wiih aview , of providing^ recreation .fat > the ; artists who provide amusement --.a_.4 ■-■--' recreation for the public; a ' t'-Vo-iiantia* patiphce. contest, has been racing through- . out the during their stay, aad a Miles-ataVordaie silver . trophy is ta k» : handed the; winner when' the New. Zealand-/ season : is coticluded/ : At latest, Lou- ij_M-'f' : son was the temporary holder,;: /hayinsy - wrie_ted .it from Martha iClos, who ' hSia / it 'for 30 consecutive "haurs. Anyhow, :$&» „ Richards'. - iCompaiiy owe a lqt to' the/ disi ./ tihguished^iooking- cJacfc, - whose : .va.tipUs courtesies /-and ,u_failing politeness. ; will • .make more ;thari. Wellingtonians . pray lor . j the /day" when the , quintette: shall -again revisit "Wet and' Windy.'' ;, ._ •' ■ * -. L; - ; ;: ■j.*-..--'."V'-:/-.- * .■''-;-■'■■■-: , The Sisters KlosJ(Mar^%y Maggie and Sophie) m private li^/are lust tyee; quiet, sensible and, of course, -really lovis- : able girls, -.whose heads have not been turned or' who have been rendered inordinately .vain -by their huge successes all . over thg world. ' They are devoted -to each other and are inseparable. Of course they are notstaid ; arid prim little „iai'ds. : They -likev/a quiet, bit of fun; and _!ophie - ' m her inimitable way is the trickiest ■; 61 ..-.-..- ,; tricks,/' particularly when she .makes'love;.; / / to/ Martha, whoris a shyv -/coy inaitieriv /- -. '''A and makes shyness and :coy^ess sonae-*-;;; vthing .to be desired of the/avef age^ •'■ Well-; :■;, ' iiiftdn maid. -/Then.there /is Maggie;- /:« / .iSweet", Maggie-, comes from ; " dear old, Edmboro' to"^/ "Maggie iis a vjers^tne . . -girl; ( who, apart-- i torn feet wonderful , aerU : al performance, wouldvmake -a shining vaudeville star as a /toiimc/ Her. imitations are iperfect. Then; too, jMaggie-vis. - •/ so • shy, -and really hated the „rr r_th^:; .'.' man who biiuited it ; about that she,, was ' engaged, but Maggie doesn't know -„ how. to hate ; it ,isii' t in her • ysweeti nature. ' Anyhow, -"Truth" wishes the Sisters Kips good luck, a^d is lotK to "sqy;.gpod-.byei •'. ■* '•'.•'■•'■ -■-.;/•-'-'■."'•. .:■■'•■*' ■■' '.•■«* -.j- ■'- :"- [^ > Sub-Inspector : J . Q.lbonovan.yivho .took 'up his duties at Pa'ltnerstdn Noith on Monday, was on- Saturday last the recipient of many tributes, from the ; Bench a^d members of the learned Cds^^ofissiani •The event took place^jDu^Be*^^llinp.tbii Magistrate's Court, "their- Dr. McArthur. S.M., and :Mr: Wv ;G% Riddell, , S.M., occupying seats on the Bench. -. Mfr; /. T. Young," president of the Law Sofefetv, y: led . off by paying .. complimentary d§E&en- : cesjto the genial Sub-Inspector his 1 as a police ofißcer. and 'jimp-pri-vate citizen. Mr Tom Wilfor^|&il6Wed suitj and tendered, the; thank^ ;^fv: they*,. Salvation Army authorities $E&p 'ttt^ass-v^S^ istahce rendered to that b^V, .^R" <l O'Donoyan. As a membe^|M3the , Bal^ :.'".' Mir Wilford' said that he :;^mMfl,ji.i;:s__^ -.'' tj'XDonovan's absolute fairnc^fe pn ftlV oc- .^ i! Mons, adding that frequently fSife Sub-: 1 ;^; had rendered valuable jtssist- *">/ ■ ■V) prisoners just out of Taojfe? ;JDj: . \r and Mr Riddell also ;,^R6/KC|n> \ terms of Mr jQ'Donov^ii-^i^r- t* is absolute fatrness.Vi "In f&cty. y " -Arthur, "to telk^ EMlair-:'*y -quoting a tfroyeirb or /%616- , -^ : briefly- ■. thanked .'*'*■■ jind" memhefs; of the ; } Bat; Is they had said ; o,Fhim. ribute t^the .^lyStioh — ■**- c said'-V©'lw^ greatly •Kriny i hacl ' "^ed him^ MpfedSSc ' Tha a . >- ! -h_w" *ry ice "I •ngs 1 . -eeul- • into > - "^" 'on. .:.% i *-"""■/•:;