PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 170, 19 September 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

Sydney,. "BulleWn". recektly accused Sir Bill Russell of being dead. The "Bulletin" . ought to be ma4e to prove it. -

Commissioner Dinhie has not been givf en' a personal par m the daily ,press for som'e' time now. What's up. Is"Wully" keeping his movements dark as "Truth" advised him to do. .

' It is with pleasure that c !Truth" re- ; cords the fact that -.John, Puller, junr., fwill be bacbi m" AVel^iigton next week. By' special request the •Garrison Band .cwill not turn out. •" These travels up -and :.do-#n ? are making John ldolc fifty years ;6lder than he is, and' h^ has only just turned; 19. . \. , --\ • .

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Charley Skerretst, -X.C:,- whose health has hot "been of the best for some considerable time past, left for Sydney yesterday (Friday) by the Ulimaroa. C.P.S., which" doesn't mean clerk of petty Isessibns, anyhow deserves, a spell, as he fts one of the hardest worked members' tjf his profitable and -costly^ profession, v

v There .passed, away: at recently Mr C. ft. Muntz", one of Nelson's oldest settlers. ' The lalK Mr Mmtz ,was brother of Sir, P. A. Muntz,' who i S3its m the House -of Cbmiiaons as member' for Tamvworth, Warwickshire. Tlie aeceased gentlenlan was connected by marriage with the Hon. Ri H. J. Reeves, Chairman -of Commrtteta of' Legisla-Mve Council.

• The-Hon.- .J. D. Ormond.is, one of the <many J^y Zealanders who have" been thjs way of late m search' of ■cheaper country. Unlike many of his. '.cpirntryrnen, Ire lias not" been content with ?{»' kneir&-' -inspection, for he has purchased <S.t. Helens' station, near Eittsworth. rtfhete he will 'prpceed to show ,th« local .^gTrcs " ' how "they do things m "God's »own Country. ''^-Brisbane 1 "Truth."

\\ Dt.'tyc&r&'&f, s °a of New Zealand, and ' ?Jr iti£k-m9.&k.v doctor ami f ootoaller , went •do.iiyn. south, 'on his ,way back, to the land ' (6f ' the \fern on Thursday last, says a . Brisbane .paper," having bid a sad farewell io : ;ttis ; comrades- oV the British team: ;,-bn'tfce Canadian liner. ; doctor, who ■has penned several of them during the Miix', departedjv nursing a broken collar-* NDofle of his <swn, to Ins nativ^ land, .'there to hang out his -shingle with, all ; jjtejjpaiieh'. •

Harold Ashtpn is one. of the oldest memDers bi J. C. Williamsori'sv staff, it must be at. least 1G or 18 years -since he first loomed .. large a^ one of the firip's touring managers, and since then he has handled most of the big enterprises- In : ,)SfeW Zealand Harold is known from i Auckland to Dunedin, and for the last ihinei years he has been lessee' of His Brisbane. Among the more ['recent companies which he has managed have been Tittell 'Brune, Maragrpt Angling Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, and now the Royal Comics.

Right down from the - Gibraltar* of Australia on his yearly visit- ,-to the southern States, came T. J. Farquhar, says: Brisbane "Truth." One of the kings' of the pearling industry, Tommy is known thrpugtiout the North as a white, man.' No one has a greater aversion to rthe. .alien la"bor employed m pearl fishing than he, and it is largely through his endeavors that the Commission/which presented its report last week, was .instigated. Tommy is a New Zealander by irirth, and belongs, to a well-kno.wn and very highly-esteemed family^/ in ' 'God's Country."

We learn that the omission of Sir John Logan CampielVs name ,from the list cf invited guests 10 the State banquet and other functions was not only an instance of gloving etiquette, for- the commanding officers of the various volunteer cqnbirigents were also made conspicuous by their absence, while a clique of civilian nonenties, whose presence or manners did not altogether enhance the reputation of the ; colonial idea of good breeding, were much m evidence (says a Southern-pap-er)! This -is only one of the many examples of those m authority suffering from swelled head trying "to pull the wires. y . / .' .'. Alexander Davidson, one of the oldest settlers of Napier, and well known m business circles, whose death wap reported the -other day, was 74 years' ai age. He-was a native of Scotland, and it is interesting, to note that he and Mr Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, were schoolboys togetner m old Dunfermline. IMr Davioson came to Australia" as a young Tnan,' and m 1860 arrived m Napier from Melbourne. He joined Messrs I Newton and Irvine, and afterwards entered the firm m partnership under the style of Newton, Irvine and Co. Subsequently he joined Robjohns and Co., leaving that firm with Mr W. T. Irvine and joining the late Mr John Close m forming ,the firm of Davidson, Irvine and Co., -which is how the firm of J. vigor Brown and Co. Mr Davidson married a sister of Mr James Irvine. His wife ditd'some years ago and he leaves two daughters to mourn his loss. \ ■ * . *> • ■ - '■

The No-license mob apparently Have boodle to. burn, as' the latest adventurer to cross the Tasman to aid the cause against the Curse is Albert Brunfcnell, alleged secretary of the N.S.W. Alliance. ■Bruntnell has been pretty well everything m the canting line, and was originally sent out from Hold Hingland by General Bill Booth to run the Hariny m Sydney. He is a ranter of the rattiest variety. He apparently ratted on the Army, when, by some unconceivable fluky -turn of Fortune's W'beel, the demo- x cratic Sydney constituent of Surrey Hills sent him into Parliament. He only lasted twelve months or so when there came a General Election, but "Briggy," as Bruntnell is called, refused to ro to the m the Surry Hills Stakes, and wooed a country constituent, . with the men viable result-he was told to get work. Now he proposes to come to N.Z." to exploit this country, and purposes descending on Taranaki. God help Taranaki If it gives the adventurer ' a j hearing/ ■

George* Cooper, EnglisV bookmaker, died ' worth half a million. This Cooper left barrels of money. . ' " • • '•

.'■ Freddy Graham and! his wife (Miss Nellie /Dent professionally) bave arrived^ safely' m the Old Land, and during the week "Truth" received "kindest regards"- , from the pair. * * « •:

Tom Wilfdrd had quite a winning weelc ' at Palmerston North. Tom's surely shap- ; ing for the magic initials, "K.C." and a" silk gown. Such a dignity, however,"; would surely, not become the humorist of the House. '

Mr Leo Fanning, of the "Evening '> Post's" literaty staff, haa been appointed ; hon. : secretary of the , :^jw Zealand Institute of-> Journalists, vice Mr C. Kj ' Wheeler, who was unable to oCer himseK ; for^, re-election. • .Mr.. Fanning is an old St. Pat's boy, and possesses the Irish- : man's penchant for humor to /a marked degree. ■-'■■■■'■'

The Burhs-S quires fight picture showed some characters m. .the hurly-burly familiar to New Zealand. F'rinstance, at ; Burns' ; training quarters Charlie Mo <. Mahon is viewed m all, his glory hob- > nobbing with Federal legislators. Then ( we see Charles shaking a cuff m the com- . pany of Edwin G each, who, as. usual, is • .smoking a big cigar. \ .

Billy Hood, well-known Midland Cricket and Ponetce Football Clubs : supporter, ' is just now! in Wellington Hospital. Billy .has completely run down, and the fact' ' that during recent years he has suffered family bereavements has .no doubt helped' to bring Billy down. Bill's many friends will be sorry to hear of his illness, and with "Truth" yearn for the day when .Billy will be himself again. ■»■■''•' . * S.M. Court Clerk Banks, of Christ-., church, is a practical 'personage, who doesn't believe m ponderous formalities when simplicity is required. They vera swearing a yellow heathen ■• and th» cmstomary match was , lighted. ''Tell him,"- --' said Banks, "sternly, ttf the interpreter, •\tell -him if he .doesn't speak; the truth he ? ll be blown out like that match \'.' Then the alien nooded, grinned, x doused the glim, and lied with the" facility of his nation. ■

"""In the "Irish Presbyterian," the Rev, Dr. Gibb, of Wellington, now visiting tha' A Old Country, is described as "a Scotch* minister who has taken New Zealand under his care." God bless his Holioess ! Anyhow, what has J. J. North to say; so this though. "Critic" thought the Vivian-street howler was top-dog that way.- By the by J.J.N. is leaving us. Only for a short time, unfortunately. He wouldn't ne missed for the pimp-like parson that he is. (

A 'notable figure m London and Maoriland joined the band of pilgrime Gn tha Golden Shore quite recently. Mr Gordon Furlong, evangelist, died at Palineriton (N.Z.) at the age of . ninety ycarj. "In 1868 he built J:he Talbot Tabernacle m London, where he prached for eightyears. In bad" health, he migiated to New-Zealand. Unlike the great majority of dissenting ministers and preachers,! Mr Furlong was an accomplished Hebrew and Greek' scholar. Eight furlcngs make one mile, beat it only took one furlong to make a nonagenarian ! There) now !

b tt a „Gil P. Hoskins, P.O. (Popular ' Cuss, not Privy Councillor), late manager for the Fuller Proprietary, was m- Wellington from" Sunday till Wednesday last, and on the evening of that -day returned to Christchurch: Gil reports a boom m Royal Pictures, of which he is manager, and, as a circuit is going to he es,tab-' lished, Gil is becoming important. ' U-U takes a trip to the East Coast shortly, m connection with the moving . picture concern with which he is connected. Christchurch evidently i agrees with G.P.H., as he is 'rapidly developing . a paunch.

Lawyer Harden, of Pftlmerston North, accused of the usual lawyer's olTence, converting clients' rash to ins own use, succeeded m escaping from the Laws clutches per medium of Tom Wilford's fervid eloquence. Tom saved his brother six-and-eight by urging to the jury that Harden was soalred m alcohol and was irresponsible, and the jury thought so, too. Anyho\v, Harden ought to take p. lesson from this. Boose has its uses, even if it d6es pull a man v under. This time it pulled Harden over a big hurdle. Tom Wilford's plea that Harden was sosseliecl reminds "Truth" ofi how Sir Julian Salamdns, Australians- jmost learned member of the Costa brigade, once pulled an insignificant insect of the same brigade out of a ditch that his damphqolery got him into. Sir Julian argued * that his insignificant learned brother was; mad, and the \Kull Court, of New South Wales .thought so, too, and let the insect off with a caution. Clients, prospective, and otherwise, weren't considered m the deal.

The personal par. m this paper ccmmenting upon the startling likeness of /traveller Orr, of Christchurch, to Ton?niy Burns, pugilist, and Napoleon 8., (Jernased fighting Emperor, was written without knowledge that the resemblance !-ad been previously noted elsewhere. When the genial Orr' was m Uncle 8-im s counr try, he spent an evening m, the famous ex-brniser Sharkev's saloon, and was introduced by Sharkey's brother to an .vdmirin> crowd as "Tommy Burns." The world's champion if sft. 7in.. Ore is sft. Bin. ; also Orr, is -heavier that 13-11 Squires's victor, but the .general rcsiiiiblance is singular. It is another coincidence that Orr once struck Auuiilvinri at the same time as Julius Kni.sht, of the beauteous legs; who does wood-carv-ing m his spare time, and the Pimpernel was constrained to remark 1o fthe Christchurch inon when they first met, and with a note of envy m his voice, "Well sou wouldn't any make-up to act Napbrlcon." Perhaps clll Nap. is re-incarnated and fights his 'nat-tles-over again m Tommy Burns, whilst his business instinct finds vejit througb Bagman Orr. This is a case of dual re'incarnatiQii thaf might with propriety fleqeive; JfcJw ot Theospphjstaj