PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 166, 22 August 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

, 'l/atest. ftiofe Auckland is tHat "Jock ■■"Me--] .LacMan/.Asliburtoin'jixra'yrtulf 'example of. No-license, is jnudb. improved, and that he has shaken oil the -attack ofpneumbm'a. Of course, pneumonia is as good I a name for it a» anything else. ■ ~ '*'.'■ ■ * s .'■ "" ':■ "Rooster. Kelly left by the Ulimaroa last week for Sydney' to nominally represent the N.Z.R.U; -air'the' 'Anglo-Welsh- . Australian matches, but , his visit is principally for the purpose' of "^securing the cash, a commodity which the N.Z.R.U. simply abbots. , ' * ••'■'■''• . •'.•*■ .'■' .-.■." • . ' j Prominent West Qoaskera who lately! nave crossed the' Great Divide are "William KeetJh, 73, who, m .his time,; was well known, m shipping and mining ventures, David, Bourke, . of Hokitika, 72, Jane Blither, of Humphreys, 73, and old Bob Ferguson, miner, of Kimu.; • ■•-■.■■ '■•'•' Mr John Hay, late chief draughtsman | m the Hawke's Bay . Land Office, whose death m Sydney was recently announced, was the fourth son of Mr, L*eo. Hay, one 'of the pioneer settlers of the South Molyneux district; and a brother of Mr Wm. Hay, of Hilly Park, . Romahapa. ■ ' " >*. ■', ■ .'*• ■ Advices from Nelson v state that Jno. Grahaln,; M.P., will have' to bestir himself or he will be poorer; for the next year, by £300. His former opponent, ,'Arry A'tmbre, is- putting a lot of energy into his election campaign, and already he has addressed meetings at all the little tin pot places, via the JNelson districtj A very. -tough. fight is prcdict.ed. / '■•■,-.■•■• < ■ ; '\- ; ..;, . Police Commissioner^ Dlnnie's. move- , ments are duly chronicled m the daily press, and it looks. to ' "Truth" as if Wally ought to move about unheard and unseen, and should pay surprise visits, etc., etc., and thus find out for himself if ail is well. Perhaps he. likes to, see his name m print, and then it depends, on the paper. Of course, if it appears in' "Truth," well, " rtV quite Va different matjet altogether^- , '■'.'■",. • John Fuller, junr., having been m command ' at the Royal \ during Brother ■ Ben's sojourn m Auckland, took his departure for Ohrisffcchurph last Tuesday and will remain m the ACattoedral Oity some time. These flits about , afe earning for John junr. the sobriquet- of the Travelled Qne.".^ no doubt get popular 'm vJhrislichurch, if he stays long enough. II; took Walter, ucaxly ten years to do the trick. *' ■ •• ' : '•'■'. •• ' ' ■ That journalistic joke, E. D. Hoben, who is a ■'} sort of Microbe the Second m Palmerstbn North, where v he runs an apology of a morning paper, travelled as far as Auckland the otfier day, and returned, bad luck to him, to air himsejlf m lteW4!Plynouth, where he reckoned/ Pukekura= r was a treasure, and that the curator was "it." Poor Hoben, the curator seems to have got on his brain. Poor fellow, it is such a pity. -■■*v ; . « .. • Included', m the officers of the U.S.A. flagship is Lieutenant Robert ■ Emmet, ;a s -iineai descendant of Robert Emmet, -{fte idol patriot of Ireland. At the cone' lttsion '■ of the State banquet recently, h^tiwas the .recipient of warm greetings* from a number of Irishmen and their descendants, which the young officer highly appreciated. Subsequently, he was entertained by the Celts of Auckland, and specials reference was made to Erin's idol. The R.C.s are pretty strong m the Yankee Fleet, and. m Sydney the local Catholics-' are going to give a special spread. ■ : * ■ ." • ■ ;■■■ -' ; * ... " Among the distinguished -Visitors to Christchurch, i National time, was MPrisons" Hume, father of Majah Jacky, who draws an expensive salary for the privilege of dining with the gaolers m the Dominion. It is a remarkable coincidence, that the Lyttelton;, Inferno , always requires" inspection at -.Grand . : National time, 'o>, N&s .Zealand Cup' time, -but' it is still v mote| astonishing^ that the "kurnel > s' ?^visits^6 otter ga,ols:J in New Zea-land-sttbuld^s'ynchromsev^ith the Jocal racesih' -H«niit5 r sis phe^ of.*;' the imported nuisan'oes vwlip -could, vrith benefit to j iPris^bnV^mana^men^in the' 'Dominion, be | dispe&la "witK. in^favor p^a' younger and mor^iip^tb-datc I rii'an of Ne,w Zealand birtlf^i^ai'-^ -^ ' ?! - • The,,3ishopa]iitie><'Qf .business seems to be j pretty; . irisky ?v 4 sbme'time^^ His Gaiters . j •of Christo%rchy fi only recently ■ recovered from^an-'^cciam^tb a legs,., and a recent issueX^of-the !flri Cliurch Nfews"r has this f to say^ofrhimS;- ;u -"The Bi|n6p7 arrived m j ChristidhHrch i^ib.a. ; AVednef&ay, July 22, ] from tli^.vWest(^pbast. Hfe'-thad good wea- \ ther ,. going: oyfef,,, but .aftlefi 1 he left the | train dtjKtimata, the engitie"' ran off the | line ahd ; ' one f of the^carria^es was over- j turned m thei'bush.^ Evidently a railway accident, is a form of bad weather; and this one occurred because his Apron-( ship didn't remain: on the train. ti&H : the engine run off prior, to the Bishop's departure and his Sombreness's carriage turned turtle, the church might now be mourning the demise of a high ecclesiastic. i\yith a gasp of relief, the religious paper continues: — "On his return, journey the "'coach was stopped by a land (slip m ! ;-Hie Otira, and the Bishop, m spite of liis injured knee, walked 'ten miles oveir Arthur's Pass m the rain. We are. gla,4,>t6 learn that his Lordship was nonfe. the worse for his exertion. Al-. so, that "fie' has been presented by his son-in-law ;'.i Mr 'El worthy, with a motorcar, which .^will' enable him to do his travelling v more easily m the future." The discovery is .constantly being made that the Bishop is a human being and is able to use his legs like anybody, else. Apparently he won't Wave to use them m the future, ,a circumstance much to be regretted ' from a health point of view. However, being human and unused to the speed limit, the ' stout person m the shovel hat has embarked upon a hazardous method . of locomotion that make his life assurance company shudder and cause his previous adventure* te pale Into insignificance^

Miss Dnlcie Deamer, authoress, actress,, and much-boomed personage, ol Featherston, is now en route to India, where she is going to spend a holiday. Gee Whiz ! but "won't Dulcie write some hot stuff now. '■■••. .'■•■. • ■ The many friends of Mr George Hum* ;phries, of the N.Z. Press Association,,. . will he pleased to learn that he has so iar recovered from his recent indisposition as to be able to resume his duties m the Parliamentary Press Gallery. ■ ' ,* , * •'.-.•:; ■ y * . '■■ Prom Wyndham comes the news of the '"decease of. Mrs Thomas Syrett Hardy, t who survived' her husband by fourteen months. The name of Hardy is wellknown m the Milton district, particularly so was it m the early fifties, as the deceased lady's husband' was the son of a pioneer . settler down there. It is stated that Mckobie still holds , the title of manager ot the "Mew Zealand Times," and ; . is still drawing his sixteen quid a -week as remuneration for the position. McKobie is on a goodwicket if such is the case, and as his term has still two years to , run, it would appear that the "Times'", directors were foolish not—to grant the compensation demanded toy Mcßobie to cancel the contract. >' - . j . " *' '• ■ *:■■■- \- •' ' "' i , ■ Mr. J..%. Sievwright, one-time sub-ed-itor jof the "New Zealand Times," and editor of the- now defunct "New Zealand Mail,"- will probably be a candidate at the' next election, for/ the Oamaru electorate m opposition to Tarn Duncan, fc^ev* wright fought a great battle for working journalists against the" , ' 'Times , ' ' and won' handsomely, but 1 strange ,-to say that although he has battled for th'ff profession New Zealand journalists did not apprecii at* his efforts. > ■'■■■• '■■ * ■ v r , ' „ Mayor Hislop and Voucher Fisher aro ! not to have the scrap for the Wellington Central electorate to . themselves, as. lawyer Paddy O'Regan is going to gird , up his loins and do battle -^in the interests of the workers and against the land , sharks, whom Paddy considers are mainly responsible for the high cost ,of hous- . ing. " By the bye, the Woodward-street affair should loom large during the election, and perhaps Kennedy Mac may .be persuaded to give his pal Hislop a leg over* the stile. According to Dame Rumor extensive alterations are contemplated m toe personnel of the ,staß of the "Dominion.". Johnson, the , publisher, as has ready been announced, goes xo Dunedii^ Munro, the general manager of the Ji'atman's organ, is nearing the completion ot his contract, and it is stated that the engagement is not to be renewed, lm£ that it is proba/ble that. Mr U/Karle, the editor, will become "managing editor," a • i la the "Times" "Microbe." v But what of Hawcus' ? Would it not be better tor the "Dominion"' to make Mr liiarl manager and promote Hawcus to . the editorial chair. . A somewhat noted female' AnarchistCommunist, Emma Goldman, fs about to visit Australia. She is coming on a lecturing tour. Emma Goldman has had the distinction ' of having been frequently. : arrested because of her Anarchistic utter- • ances ; and those who refer to Anarchists of what they consider to bte a particularly objectionable type instance her as the shocking example. Wells mentions m his book. "The Future m , America" that the wife . of Macqueen, a philosophical Anarchist m America, was referred to by the press as "of the Emma Goldman stripe." Emma Goldman ' was once an associate of the niuch-talked-of Anarchist^ Johann Most. . To-morrow, Sunday, August 23, there is to be_a memorial service at TeiNgutu- \ o-te-Manu reserve, Taranaki, m honor '.of ' Major Von Tempsky and of his followers who fell with him. It is now over id years since the thickly-populated dairy > country of Taranaki- was the battlefield, when pakeha and Maori were fighting tor supremacy. Of the . many who fought with the brave Major, two only, Messes John Flynn and Jas. Livingston, settlers at Hawera,' x are alive to-day. Mr Flynn well remembers that' of the 400 or 500 'men sent from Waihi, 44 were either killed or wounded. Mr Flynn, who was wounded himself, saw Von Tempsky fall.

j Mr Rupert MeGuinness, Conservative, who was elected for Hage;er stone (Shoreditch) m place, of Sir William Cremer, it deceased, a Liberal f is "a convinced tari- iff reformer." He is^likewise eldest son !of Baron Iveagh,' grandson of Benjamin i Guinness, and great-grandson of Arthur ji Guinness, who founded the big; Dublin f: porter brewery. Rupert married a I daughter of Earl Onslow, who was Governor of New Zealand, m which colony; ! Rupert's cousin, Lord Plunket, now rules. [Quite a. family matter, m fact. N.S.W. Chief Justice Dar ley's grandmother was ! a sister of the original Guinness of XX fame. Rupert Guinness was : opposed at this election by a Radical, who poled 1724 votes, and a Socialist, who polled , 987, while Rupert's total was 2867. At the last general election, Sir . -William Cremer (Liberal) polled 2772, against Rupert Guinness's (Conservative) 2371. So that the- XX man has gained m pop- ■ ularity. is'ot many to-day know how Guinness's stout gained its trade. In the days of Daniel O'Connell's great popularity* Guinness's brewery was a very mild aßair ; m fact, as mild as Guinness's own one X. At one election Arthur Guinness promised to support O'Connell, but failed to keep his promice. O'Connell m all his harangues warned the Irish, not to drink Guiimess's porter, and they did it. The consumption fell off, so much, so, at least so the legend runs, that Guinness sought a new market, and commenced to export his stout. The export trade was the foundation of Guinness's millions, and, jh justice to them, "it must be admitted that the grandsons of the old brewer are not uagenerous to their poorer Irish bretare» s ' _ . < •