PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 169, 12 September 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

P£arles Izard, M.P., has decided to present t a cup for -\ the ; ladies hockey, championship^ ,Who says Elections '!' •■' ''.'■'•■*• ' : * ■■,'• ' .' * ■'• ' . . . " '. JV|x IQdward P. Yuile,, one of New Zealand's oldest and best mown bookmakers;' died at his residence m Wellington on Wednesday at the age of W7. > . -. ' , P. K. Warren, popular cashier of the U.S'.S. Co; j is at^ present acting as traffic manager, in the place o! i Mr . C. Pearson, who -is at present spending a holiday, South j v - -.-.-- --• . * ,-- •. - * ■■ •»■•. . •■ ' . . ». : Rumored that Manager -Munro, of the "Dominion," is not leading the -squattah's journal fpr some time. What is the meaning of the advertisement for a, business manager ? • . ■ * ' -•■■'■.* ■ ■'■ * &"■'>■' * l ' r - " ' The Hon. Geo. • McLeaa, M.L.C., who has been on a nine months' trip to Africa, Eiurope and -Great "Britain, , accompanied, by /members of his family, arrived: m Wellington by -the lonic on Tuesday.' . . " '" ■■■-:.. \ ' * ..:. • . ■ ... • ■• . '■' ... Ben Ivesori, sub-editor of the ''Waira-. rapa Age," and general Hockey enthusiast, paid a visit to Wellington this week, and was much m evidence cheer ing on" the Mas^erfcon totties at the Day's Bay /tournament. : ' • • ■• " ' " ■ It is stated that Mr D. is. ■ Papworth, late manager of the Manawatu "Farmer," and well-known ih. . Masterton,, is bringing an action against that t journal, claiming £800 damages for.altegedwrongful; dismissal. '. l v, Mr.C.E. Wheeler, general secretary of; the, ISfjZ. .' lnstitute of Journalists, has just completed his first year of ptHce, and his work on b^halif of the Institute has been distinctly meritorious. Charles will probably be given a walkrover for 'the, qfuce; on Monday when the election takes place.' \ *. : * - .'"■.-. ' • '. Geo. Z. Quarrie, populars of* the Pacific Order .of Druids, l&s . got aY bbaanE4j; or • sdthettitng; iii ; tlie;. gold-mine; life dowif at Okjiri. went- down one day this wilek to view the nuggets m their virgin state. Anyhow, it's -a spec, and "Truth 1 " hojpes it will turn out a profitable one] ' ~ <* ■■ ■ ■■ * « ■ -- Bagman .Orr, of Qrr and Craddock, Cliristclusrch, is the "dead ring" for Tahm'y Burns, pugilist, in' face, generous ligure. limbs, and even m the. quaint twang that belongs to the place discovered by Columbus. Also, Napoleon might have been 'mistaiken' for Orr ; had he. lived these times. v . "" . ' * *■■■■• Charles P.arnell, the gerial. pianist of the : 'Theatre / Royal Orchestra , . } is quite proud of his ne* Grand piano AvMch Mr Fuller 'has mstailed at the Theatre. Stated- Herbert Pox, ; cornet player, and Billy Whitfiel'd,. viblinisfc, are about to sever ■ their • connection , with the . orchestra..; They will be greatly missed by the Fuller, patrons. '" - 1 Sergeant : Milier, ; of Kenpedy-N.zat.U .- Gaibraith fame, has distinguished himself by assisting Cop Pasdriy Doyle to, arrest Tobias . Miller" .while , the^ fatter was m possession of a .murdero^s-looking revol-, per. : : ' Probably the; Sergeant let .Paddy go first. „ Any/how, Diniiie has his eye on; the sergeant. '. „/. .../. ' ; . Mcßobie, ; one: time manager, of *\,the "N;Z. Times," now bilossoms out: as a; newspaper proprietor f on his own, having purchased tiie "Waihi Timesi",. Mcßobie,: it-is, stated, accepted the £800 originally offered by the' "Times? 1 as compensation,, but lit . ;.the. , meantime' Mac. lias v drawn quite'a number,; of sucteea quids.. iMr- H. T; Bi Drew, one >of the Parlia- , mentary representatives of^the squattah's "Dbminion," leaves New Zealand at. the end of the ' month ?fo*.the Old Dart. -Mr Drew, SJ/ho graduated as a journalist: at Palmerston North .under Microbe Freeth; is following the microbe's example of-tak-ing a toiir, but on a smaller scale. „ ■ . .* . ' . * ,'-■ '' •■_ ;' Kubelik, the violinist, bears a striking resemblance to a one-time ' Perth "Morning Herald" reporter. Latter now "chiefs the^ st&n" of a Tassy paper,; and has kept up his . reputation with the girls by ' marrying a Tassy tart against her- pa's jwish. But there was oqf m the venture, arid pa has. since become reconciled. NoV/ Pa, pratt-les peacefully with the ; pressman ■sonTinrlaw. . . ' '*"' ■ '• * ' ' ♦■ ' The Chow missioner can always get a hearing m the "respectable" press. Thus ;the 'MGromwell -Argus" "■— "Mr George MciNeUr,.; phi,n:ese. from Canton, arrived m- Cromwell on Friday evening last? and : lield a- meeting m Dong Nam's house. There - were twenty->two ,- Chinese present, and. judging from the interested 'look on tjhe:^-' fates they appeared to appreciate the address. Mr McNeur returns . -t'ft'. Canton about the. middle of September, and take§ with him letters and. money to the fnieiitds'ibf the Chinese." .Just so. Not only is . New. Zealand's wealth taken but of the country, . but the Post Office is robbed, qf its' little commission. The Chow^ missioner is certainly very handy. Orderly Scully, who rules Christchurch S.M. Court with an iron hand, contracted the prevailing ..chill recently, and put graveyard note into his persistent cough,: so that" Magistrate Bishop advised him to go off 1 duty for., a space. The streriuouß officer accordingly took a flying trip North, -dropped his complaint on the Napier breakwater,, and returned to the Qathedral City reciting prose poems about the beauty of Hawke's Bay m the Jpring time. Motah cahs ! Why, bless you,' they are as common as prams m S'Willyum Russell's province. The Maoris swarm: about the country m 'them and scorch like the dreaded Taipo himself scurrying through the streets of perdition. The curses of , civilisation areslowly undermining . the vitality of the. simple, aboriginal,. ,but the. motor car, which, robs the rider of his sense of proportion on the subject of speedy is fast demoralising the native race i '

Mr McParlan^, oF the 'fDqminioa's'' • Palmerstqii North staff, will shbrfily;ioia ; the .Press '; Association's Wellington j opcet staff. .-.'.' .:'.•■.■, .. :• ' ''■• . ; .'V.. .':'\Ji- : >i ''■;•■• Mr D. G. Praser, who is piloting the Northern Union game m. Wellington,, is quijte enamored .of ;.. phe . ..yentureK and 4 : : .has sUcce^d^dr in '•^i^'ij|^\.^eJ•^'miamxv))ro)pih-' entV-toe^ball&s;'-ior y ;nextVs.eaSon'!::?,; '. /;.f "; Mr. Justice. Cooper delivered a lecture • on and Suretyships" on .Wednesday night to the. Wellihgton Acc.ounti ants', ami ;students! His. v Hqnpi; takes, a great' inter'est, in ■'■'the jgeiierat^ifjl-t---fare of \VellingtbrfiaDS. s , 4 '.; r---?&> : '.?■;&£ \. : ■-■ .•■ '"- . . *' ' '-. '-i'; * . '■'■ ,«. „ ; •'"■ , Mr Jack Ashman, brother to Tom oE that' bulk, whoso smiling visage .keeps the Jimmy Wqqdsers out 'O? the Albert bars, , is' on a visit ; to New, Zealand from PcttU^ W.A. ■■^r.rAshma'h"'i'^p^fe-i[tb^g&v.;a;fe-?hc-~-ing yeiry dull; m the 'Gold -State", but;- ha is .going .back all the same.', v : Mr E.T. 'Taylor cxi>la;iEed' to Ihi^ paper last week that it was all. wrong about , . tliatbull-^ogj bitch, of, ;'his.'i ; \ Tl^e' gdqci quaiitjes-{ and V/tljp pedjgrec : qf^ ..the .; ' jdjpg i were, all rigSt,, v ;liui^instead ofw.comiug; from; Aoistralia,; as is '■ icpinijpg 1 frbm ; , England . m bne;pt ''Vt^,U'tange ilfcers. ■ ' :..r-.' .::•:■* ■ ■■■' •. v -;^w.-'-'-*'i"T"r;--;.-i ." ■' ,,,,;.. • Mr W... Johnson, haviag accepted' 1 tUc position of publisher on the st^fi of the- " Otago .. Daily , Times,',' bade sdoji-bye to lils ! 'Dominion" cobbers" on Wednesday. He was presented ...with /a., marbje , cloc'.c by Mr ' Munro -ion ; ■b.'ehail _of .ttjeivMiJpmjnion" s^taff, .and.-a- silyejc ivy.el;, cp.se . was presented to MrS JoKhsbn. ."" ' ...» f \ i : i - x "Bluey" Morrah was yadly oi;t; 'of lih element the other early morn, "when ha boarded a workers' car and iravcUfd vt half the us^ual fare. "Q»uey" was. not iii- the least abashed- He reckoned He was the hardest tc iler on the ear. Bufc even a sport must have his. joke. A fish out of wa t jr wasn't a circuuts 'an<.-8 to'.Mofrah's position.:' ■■'■■'■''•"■• :' ■ According to • the "Triad" 'of i'-'in month, ilhe ''N.Z. Times" has lost (^n' 1 the "Dominion" lias secured) the scf vices of Mr Ulick (?) Shannon, a sporting writer exceptionally trustworthy and Industrious. Well, as Ulic lost the "Times" and as Tom Beasley is making the "Dominion's" racing columns boom, "Truth ' asks ~tli« "Triad" what it is coming at '! Mr Dave Parton, hon. secretary of the Masterton Football Club, has severed his connection with Masterton, having been ■ promoted . to a senior clerkship m 'the Taihape" Post Office.-;. Dave's ,los^.wiil ha . keenly -felt m T\lastertqii; .athletic/ circle^, as he wfis a- wofker 1 .|oi?^port. v Date, 3lrv* fineVspebinien': gl-'^he :; musc,ulatl,Christiafl ]| •and-^wofked fiaxd" for il^.iocal^iptrc^ ■;~ - i;!/- *>*■::'■ ■S l /-"<" i.v evrJ's. Mr Louis ; Becke, ■autnb'r" and r trWe'lier., arrived at Wellington by the lonic ' dur- ; mg -.the week,, en route "to= the' : South Bgb Islands. Mr- Becke states that^on^befiail of the:. Royal GeOgr?phicar' Sqcie|ies° jfn London and BerliE^^aml the' Anttirbpoiq.gical Societies "of tfie fame cities, '^'he : ~fs to investigate. . and" rtport upbfi, and take Rhonographic records of. the- folk sohg.s and lore-of.. the Soutlf Sea-Islands. ; ; ; . ; • 4 ■':•"-. ■* . "V..''... v -;.*... : ".i.:^.-,v^.^ \;. .V .-"•';■"'. Mr Isaac^ ttyams; whoitiliasr-beea m the service of the 'Post and Telcglcaph vDeparttnent for 33- years,; ;has; retired on>'superannuation on- account: of ill-health.; Mr Hyams is a member- of: the rNewZealana Rugby Union, and' for. a great "number 61 years.'has; - taken the liveliest -: interest >m cricket, a> sport "he Iras dropped for- ;i ithe i past? three years : dn- : -favor ;of i :? ~- Mr ' Hyams's health has" been far from good for • some^ years past. ; _ ; -//-:-V<^ ■■; V;-;; iV .• , „". ;,. . At ' latest accounts, ~'J o'hn Fuller j senrv, ' was i omewiere m Quid: Ireland and was thoroughly^ .epjpying ■ .- himself, notWitKstanaing,' that he had. sustained an^injUfy to his :hand. .. "Truth" is further" .pleasea to report that John; jun'r,-, vis at-present m fiuriedin, and shortly returns-." to Wei* lington. Jphn?s trips round- the'Dbminioii are getting quite monotonous: There is?, however, the consolation that every "trip John makes he multiplies : the- - number at his> friends. ■ ... . •-.'■.-. -~ * ? '. ■ ..* »;- "' ./.■!?'•■••■ i-^i'-' -^' Dolph Taylor, who .was for a long time as employee at the Royal Oak, and later clerk to Bob Paterspn, what time Solution was winning "Stewards Handi- ' caps, ; Metropolitans, and things, has recently taken over The Cricketers' Arms. In a worldly, sense Dolph. has donei' a wise thing . 4n investing his-r hard-earned cash m the said caravansary, which iljj a. fine property, but he is"dbmgj;aJrfluc& r wiser thing than that next .week," wMft he marries Miss Garbett, who, until :>■■>&: few days \since, was the reigning belle" stt the : Royal Oak. „ Dolph was always :r cfc-' dited : with being; shrewd, but he never Showed,.' such shrewdness m his life when he "picked upon Miss Garbett as a partner. ■ "Truth" wishes the pair pt , them the 'best of ' luck. . ";•.„. •?■■?,,.■ . ■, Edgar Stead, of Christchurch, seems to ■have inherited- .the .commercial instincts^ of the 4ate Gee-Gee, He/ has succeeded m rescuing the bones 6f the now famousOkaritq whale,> and . with, a- partner asks the Christehurc& Museumv to pay" him £400 for Jt. At; least he asks- £500; and he and; his .partner w.ilLfcgive iTSO each towards, the purchase* money-' if *W is raised by public subscription, which is an unnecessarily elaborate way of asking for £400. Canterbury College has voted £200 oh the Understanding that; the public will su»scribe : i tbe; balance, anil, a cadge is being tb swell. "the" banking account of Stead, who has ." at-, lowed- it to be published that he mayf haye .to sell the.- stinking relies "to ; ."'tae : ; ; Yewnited States^ which hungers for the" largest . things on airth. Old Gee-Gee'.s.V estate ;Was h proved at •' close on a • quarter of a million, and \v° uld realise nearly ■half a million if liquidated, and. as,. the fortune r was .made : . sft ! ..Cajaterljurjf' people 'one would' : ' imagine youn^.Steaa,. would make Chr'i^thurch a present of: :%e. blubbe'ry monster ! instead of seeking 'm i handsbnae prpfil; on ifc -,J : .. . ' „ " :^