PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 217, 21 August 1909, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

Bob Woods, privately known as bob . Sims, is taking another "Hiekergraph" company on the road shortly. Dick Arnst, the champion sculler, leaves for Sydney next week, and proposes to see the Pearce-Day struggle for the Australian championship honors. JJick possibly is on the look-out for -another match, and he /may get it if Harry Pearce is victorious. * • • . Actress Ne.llie Stewart is a great-L-reat-great-grand-daaghter of the famous. Mrs Yates, who acted with David Garrick. A pair of silver buckles presented by Davy to Mrs Yates is m the position of Mi&s Nellie Stewart, who , always wears them when performing. ' . From Sydney comes news of the death of the Hon. W. J. Forster, ex-Supreme Court Judge and a very, old pensioner an the N.S.W. Treasury. The deceased was a prominent politician m the fifties and sixties. He became a Judge m 1888 and retired m 181)4, and drew a pension ever afterwards. Lawyer Singer, of Auckland, was one of the Wig and Gown Brigade at the Supreme Court, Wellington, this week. He was defending Weingott, the horse-thief, but his plea of mental aberration wouldn't fight. The jury, however, brought m a verdict of guilty, with a strong .recommendation to mercy. Obit: : Actat 53 years, A. E. .Remington, M.P. for Rangitikei. Cause of death was i>aralysis supervening on heart failure. Deceased was a native of iNew Flymouth, and was a chemist by profession. till' Remington entered Parliament m 1902 and was a strong Liberal supporter. Deceased, who • died early last Tuesday morning, had been seriously ill for some weeks. * ■ w As ifc seems to be the "correct pea ' that Police Commissioner Dinnie will throw m his official marble when Mr Bishop, S.M., has concluded the Commission of Enquiry, it will be interesting to learn whom Dinnie's successor will fee. As it is stated that there, will be. n.o;. more importations 'from' 'Omc, the'efioice should rest ..between Inspectors Ellison (Wellington) 4nj : Cullen (Auckland)!/ " '"■'"' '''' ''^^li^t-r^S^'--'''^ -v^' --•••-- ■■'-■■ - True to schedule time last week, and as announced recently m "Truth,"' Mr-Hec-tor Douglas (Mona) Thomson was married to Miss M&bal Dimant, second dattphter of Mr E. Dimanfc, of Wellington. "Mona," is, as everybody knows, the crack original "All Bluett" three-quarter. The matrimonial hall was kicked off last Thursday week, and it is to be trusted that "Mcna" will not find too many scrums m the game. Another of the early pioneers of Wanganui .district T!as passed away, Mrs Klkn Georgetti being- called to her. rest on August mh. The deceased lady arrived m Wellington m IS6I. The "following year she -married Mr- Augustin Georgetti, who died some years ago. The couple •were amongst the very earliest, if. they were not, the first, settlers m the Makirikiri district and it was there that they died. The deceased, who was ;igerl (17, had lately been afflic-ted with heart trouble. A large family of six sons and three daughters' are lei'fc to mourn their loss. Captain W. P. Wall, formerly m command of the Permanent Force, Auckland,, who died at Rotorua recently at the age of 32 years, saw active - service as a lieutenant m the Boer War, South Africa, m IDOU, bein^ present; at enoigcments at ITautnex, Vet River, and Zand River, Orange Free State ; near Johannesburg and Pretoria, Transvaal ; and p.t Rheuostcr River, Bethlehem, and Wittefcergen, Natal. He received the Queen 'k medal. On returning , to .New Zealand he was appointed to the ..New Zealand militia, and after being m command at Auckland was transferred .to Ch'.istchurch about lour years ago. He lias not. been on active service for the past eighteen months, and about rime months ago was retired on pension as beine; physically unfit. Latterly' he lived at Devonport. Cambridge, and Rotorua. Major Puo.vetto, who was trying to run j 4'o American hoys as entertainers under, j the patronage of the V.M.C.A. and other • ; Hcmpiro" Leagues, has strucK trouble. TUc youths and the Major arc practically stranded m Melbourne, and probably a j .sura of money will have to he raised to I return them to America. The Major seems lo have had no money, or very little, for the projected tour round the world, j the football leagues of Australia lending j dim £200 to assist his party to Australia. The sum of £130 is owing ,to the L'nion Steamship Company for their passages from New Zealand to Sydney,- and | £-J0 has been advanced them by the foot- i ball league of Melbourne. About £.300 is required to take them on to Westralia, and £600 to America. The boys are very poor entertainers, and their failure • financially is not a matter for surprise ; ' hut the Major complains that the people —'the goody-goody people, who patronised Ihe shows— did so on the deadhead j system. Hence the difficulty. I At the Town Hall, Melbourne, recently, j a brave woman received a well-earned ovation. It was at a meeting of the Royal Humane Society, when Mrs Lavinia Kennedy received the Clarke gold medal, the first given to a woman, for savins-; a child's life. The lady is the wife of Thomas Kennedy, a line repairer at Wnhrinir, and is 40 years of age. On December 4 last the engine-driver, and fireman on a train approaching Wahring «aw a child sitting on the line, Eileen Mojra Mulcahy, 3i years of age. The driver whistled. This nttrncted the attention of Mrs Kennedy, who was m her cottage h y the line. She rushed forward and .snatdied the child almost from un- 1 der the engine, and, dragging it with her. jumped into a cattle-pit just as the train passed over it. Mrs Kennedy's bend was within nine inches of the rail, ami the wheels . of the train swept her hair as it passed. She and the child were uninsured. Mrs Kennedy's appearance on the platform to receive her medal occasioned the wildest enthusiasm. In addition to the gold medal Mrs Kennecly received handsome bouquets from the Australian Women's National League and the Women's Political Association— the best .things In the records of these two women's organisations. -^

John Fuller, junior, is at present so* > journing m dour Dunedin. John always rushes off to Dunedin when Wellington palls on him. The Scotch city is so lively. Mr Joseph Archibald, father of J. F. Archibald of the Sydney "Bulletin," died at his residence, St. Kilda, Victoria, recently, at the advanced age of BG. Deceased was a police pensioner, one o! the original "London fifty." He arrived m Victoria m 1853. Mrs Penney, who was found dead on the hills near Day's Bay, Wellington, was a well-known tennis player. She was a prominent member of the Brougham Hill Tennis' Club when residing m Wellington, and when m Christcliurch she won the ladies' championship two years m succession m her club. Universal sympathy has been expressed to Mr Stan. Brown, the well-lino wn local football -enthusiast, m the death ol his revered male parent, Mr Samuel Brown,- the employer's representative on the Arbitration Court. Mr Brown's death was due to an internal complaint. He was Co years of age, and was Lorn m ould Oirela'nd. As a mark of respect, the Wellington rep. team of Saturday last wore mourning. The chairman at tne Chinese Consul's lecture last Monday evening was no less a person than the irascible R- A. Atkinson,'who probably scorns the evening dress suit. The Consul was a howling j "toff" beside "Atky," who didn't trouble uO put on his vest go-to-meeting frock. Perhaps he hasn't got a test. Whang the Consul is a fluent" speaker. His English is faultless, save for . a slight twang, due, no doufrt, to his Yankee education. w» « ■ An old Hay/era settler, Mr Daniel Budshaw, who recently .died at the age of SS years, was grandfather of Mr B. Dive, M.P. for ' Bltham. Deceased, according to : one who knew him well,, "was the original selector of what is now known as -.'The ./.Lakes..' He, erected a house for himself and 1 ' family, strongly garrisoned ? 'iliy/idug out a large cellar?' as a place to vretreat lo if close pressed, and taught i)is...daughjfcers lift\Y_to...us.e and handle a cifie. The young Maori bucks who were scouring the country on mischief Lent, gave, the homestead a wide berth." Nothing .succeeds like success. Mrs Brough ami her new and juvenile husband, Cyril Bell, have joined the Hugh Ward ■ Company, ■and play in~ ~thc next pro- " auction. "Mrs. Brough's New Husband" will probably draw well for a few weeks, and Hugh has grasped the opportunity with both hands. This company is ' quite a. dove-cot. There are Rosie Musgrove, Cclia Gilhoni (her second offence), Dulcie Dearaer, and Mrs Brough— four brides, and three of them working. In these goahead days marriage doesn't seem to make much change m the lot of a woman. • Mr Justice Denniston actually perpetrated a joke m the course of the prolonged argument arising out of an applicationfor a re-hearing m i.he Stringer v. Not ton libel case at Christchurch. Air Norton cited, from his vast array ol legal authorities, the case of a poor butcher who sued a London newspaper for damages, the libel being contained m i a statement that the 'complainant's meat, . m a canned condition, would be extremely useful m killing off the Boers during the late war. The paper insinuated, said Mr Norton, that the .meat would be more deadly thau cordite, mellinite, or siirap- ! nel. "It would be 'canister,' " came unI expectedly from the Bench, and there was immediately a contortion m the faces of all present. Captain -Nicole, who is supposed lo have perished m the wreck ol tke illfated steamer Maori, near Capetown, was " born m Aberdeen, and was over 60 years of ago. During his last trip to IvewZeaj land he announced his intention of retirj ing from ihe sea after a cmiplc more I .Voyages. It is believed that he first | came to New Zealand as second officer | oi the steamer Waitaki, and subsequently j joined the Shaw, Savill Company. He ■ commanded the ship Gienlura ?nd th'c I four-masted barque Hinemoa. He aiteri wards went into "steam," and was chief j ofilcer of the Aotea for a time, and commanded- the Rangatira Vefore being appointed to the Maori. He commanded the latter vessel for about four years. Capj lain Nicole leaves a. wife and daughter, who resides m London. * • * Yung Liang Hwang, which must not he ! confounded with Chung Ling Soo, is the j dapper' saffron-colored Celestial who is Consul for China m Gordsovrn- He is an intellectual, personage is this refined. i cnll'd gentleman, and his lecture ona , night during the week was a masterpiece jof erudition. Lately he received advice Trom the President of the Baker University, Kansas, that the honorary decree j of ' Master of Arts had l.een conferred up- ' 'on him m recognition of his feeing "a ' man of high scholarly attainments, of broad human sympathies, proud of his race, and devoted to the forces of cul- . ture and Christianity at work among his I people." The Consul was educated first at' I the Nanking University, then at Colum- | bia University, New York, and after- ■ wards at the Baker University. • * * The "N.Z. Tablet" records the death of the Mother-General of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Mother Mary), who, m the world, was Miss Mary McKillop, of Victoria. Her remarkable zeal, devotion and husincss capacity enabled her to overcome the mony difficulties m the early days of i>c r T ; er and, after a few years, branches were established m all the Australian States and New Zealand. The R.ev. Mother's health failed about six or seven years ago, owing to excess "of work, and she was ordered a trip to Auckland, and at Rotorua she had a paralytic stroke. Since June last the deceased's nuns condition caused great anxiety, and for weeks past it was evident that the er.d was not far off. Deceased was the eldest of a family of four children, and was of Scottish parentage. One of her sisters entered the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (New South Wales), but died some years ago. * Another sister (Miss A. McKiliop lives m Sydney. Her only brother, Key. Father Donald McKillop, S.J., 'was well known for his missionary labors among the blacks ol the Northern Territory of South Australia,. -<-•■'