PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 218, 28 August 1909, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

iVisiting pressmen at the S.I. v.- Jftl.match on Wednesday last were Bob Barr ("Otago Dally Times"), and Jack Oliver of the >' 'Christchurch. Weekly Press." Mr B. L. Heaton (popularly known, as "Heaty" m commercial circles) succeed-' ied.in winning a prize with his handsome coHie pup, * 'Silver Slippers , " from whaca great things are. expected m the=future.> * • ■ •The Hon. Jimmy Carroll was 52 years old last Friday, and doesn'-t look it. Jimmy spent his birthday m his own district for the first time m eighteen years. . ''Truth." learns that the Hon. James is.; leading the simple life now: V • • The "boys" will miss Mrs Nathan, ol tne' Clarendon, who is giving up that drinkery at the end of the month. Dooley, of the Star and Garter, 'who was "blown but" by the cold tea push, takes over Nathan's beer engine- and other appurtenances. » » tr Back' horn to Wellington on "Wednesday last returned Mr E. W. Dinnie, .the redhaired finger-print expert, and son of Police Commissioner Dumie, w-bo wen* abroad sometime ago, matrimonially bent. The expert was accompanied by, his yoong bride. * • * War-horse Jimmy Duncan is- up from Dunedin and will be on hand ■at the Park to-day, "when he will referee m the Wel-lington-Adcklami football disturbance.' Jimmy will be quite a hero ere -theonatch. is ower. It's., safe to bet- thai;, he wolbre-^ ceive' a >warm welcome/ * *; , » Dave Gallaher, capfeiin of the famous. "All Blacks" and NJ[. selector, was among those who saw the South Islanders run over their .Northern brethren on Wednesday last. Dave looked as fresh as a daisy, and was like an old ,war4iorse». what time ne. saw. -the N.I, mulling, things. a • ' Hons. Dr. Pindlay, the two Macs, Jimmy Millar and George Fowlds represented the Government at the football match i last Wednesday, and lamentable, indeed, was the Ignorance of more than one Minister on the various points of the game. "George" F. was m a hopeless minority; being, of course, an NJ. barracker, the rest of his colleagues, all being from>tbe South, being ardent supporters of the Whites. * • » The pew Chinese Consul is-a great barracker for bis .pig-tailed compatriots. He has only been m Mew Zealand a few months, and professes to have discovered that his yellow brethren are . becoming more virtuous than they used to be. In the face of -experienced evidence. he says the use of opium is largely decreasing, and will be entirely stamped out within a few years. .He evidently isoft up to the ways of the Chinese abroad. Came ali the way from kaiapoi to se& the Poneke-Petone match on Saturday last that cheerful looking, gentleman, Billy Brunsdcn, Wellington, Canterbury, and South Island rep. Billy, as an old Poneke player, was naturally jubilant over the Red and Blacks win- The visitor says you don't see the like of ►Saturday's tussle? m club matches m Canbury. Billy went back to the southern city on Saturday evening more than satisfied with the result of his brief mission to the Capital City. In his day friend Brunsden was as good a man m loose forward work as one would find anywhere, and. Ms line-out play was a treat. • • • As a- mark of esteem to Miss Clara Brandtman, late of the Columbia Private Hotel, who left Wellington towards tlie end of last week for Sydney, via Auckland, a few of her friends, headed by Mr Jack King ("Oh Mother look at Dick") waited on the popular young lady and presented her with a beautiful set of silver-backed brusnes. In his usual winning way (tra la tra la la) Jack expressed the regret of all at Miss Brandtman's departure, being ably supported by Mr Willie Tonkin and Mr Gl Maskew. ''I'm the New Girl" was a sparkling item m the musical programme, at which Mr Kain, (London) comedian, did not assist. ■ • • • • Tommy Wiiford, costs operator, must have felt just a little bit disappointed m the Hedley Nye case that he had no necessity for digging up a lot of rnedicolegal authorities on the looncy's behalf. Thomas is great on everything m that line from "Taylor on Poisons" to KraftEbbiug's "Phsycopathia Sexualis," and fires of! dog-Latin slabs of mysulication to the learned and stumefed members ol the jury with huge success. Tommy, m the Abel-Sniith-street tragedy blew out the learned ones who hang M.R.C.S and L.R.C.A. to the end of their monikers, and this medical journal reckons it is a damn shame that some forgotten son of Aesculapius was not brought into the light of day by the genial wig and gowh man. Tom's grasp of "Red-lamp" work is probably another instance of heredity. ■ - ■ » Although it was known that General George Payling, of Christchurch, was m a very indifferent state of health, the news of h»s sudden beatb. last week was a genuine shock to the community. Payling, who was born m Winchester, England, m 1555, arrived m Christchurch m 1875, and was one of the progressives m mpnicipal politics. During his period as Mayor, noteworthy improvements were effected m the city, modern worts were undertaken, and his friends were taken completely by surprise when, through carelessness inspired by a. sense of overPayling was beaten for the Mayoralty by a while-whiskered fossil named Allison. Deceased wno was vicepresident of the N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club, sustained internal injuries Irom an accident recently, and this hastened lis death*

From Melbourne (Vic.)V comes news ol the dearth of ex-champion light-weight pug Tim Hegarty. Tim, m his- day, beaiS the best of them.' But of late years; : lots ; 'Of .things beat Tim. : • • a Miss Stella Josephine Feilder, of Tess as, bas made 30,000 of the best m smell-* . ing out oil-wells m the land where the*, wooden ham comes from. "Truth.** knows some sparrers who would beat the? lady bandy m smelling out beer-wells. • • • Mr E. T. Taylor, of White Horse an& Speight's fame, scored a first and a sect ond with his Englishnbred bull-dog Kift birnie Conqueror, at the recent Welling-* • ton Keimef Club's show. He also has a; promising bitch m Ruby (Dan Brodericte > t-Lady), but she wants time. • • V AH <the way from Invercargfll came Bob Galbraith to see the Inter-Island toeball tussle at the Park on Wednesday. Bob is one of the SJ. selectors and naturally, was pleased with the result. Few football enthusiasts there are of Bob's sort to-day R and long may the old sport live to see many another (tussle. ' James Donaldson, the Westport agenft tiie Stockton (NJS.WV) Coal Co., who waff' found dead m his office, was the son ok Mr Donaldson, S.M., of Sydney. Doe ceased also was nephew of Archdeaco* Gunther, of Parramatta (N.S.W.) and grandson of the late Canon Gunther, one of the earliest clergymen of the Church: of England m Mudgee (N.S.W.) . • • ' • Miss Bradey, of Paremata, has one of the most promising fox "terrier puppies .seen at the -.Wellington Kennel Club's show m Joy (Awarua Scamp-^Princess Tipsiser), who took first m the Maiden class, second m the Novice, and third ire the Puppies. Joy is a well set-up dog with beautiful head and legs, and with a . lifcfcle i Tiling out should make a champion.. l^Ee was bred by Mr. thso. Lusk,. and prepared for exhibition by Mr Tom Tyrer. Madame Stfelba,' emulating the Duchess of Montrost* and Mrs Langtry; has decided upon becoming the owner of racehorses, and trying- her luck on the turf. Her colors -\Vill be olive-green jacket, mauve sash, .xnd white cap. She > will not be the first lady owner Australia has had. Half a century ago, Misr. Dickson, daughter of Dr.' Dickson, of Mundarrab Towers, Cpgee, c*wned and ran racehorses. Her carter on the turf, however, had a disastrous ending. Answered the "Last Post" the other day at Napier, Thomas McCarthy, Maori War veteran. Deceat^ed soldier was 8». years of age, and hel\l the N.Z.. medals He arrived m Auck.\and with the 2nd Battalion of the 14th itegiment m 1860, and, coming to Napier iV 1861, acted as' regimental police sergeaLVfc- After receiv-i ing his discharge with pension at Otahuhu; he acted as warden m the '.Napier Gaol.) Deceased leaves a widow a.Ud a grown-* up family of six sons and 'three daugh-t ters, also 28 grand-children and three* great-grandchildren. «" ' * \ On the never-ending question ,'vf "Was John L. Sullivan ever Champion I *, of the World ?■" C. Mattison, one of the Jeading, fight authorities, of America, recently un-? burdened himself as follows :►— "Whe.V Sullivan was champion of the United States,, Jem Smith was champion of JSngl.^rcd^ . and Peter Jackson was champion of AVis-t • traKa. Sullivan never roe* Smith, b^ ' challenged him, while the Briton wi\s training for a fight with Kilrain. Petes -Jackson came to the|Ui*ited States ln\ / !1888. Did Jahn L. meet him ? No. Pe-, ter chased him about the United States^ x , ( but the great champion would have. no-£' thing to do with him. In fact, SnlM-> • van wouldn't fight those other two husky Australians, Frank P. Siavin and* : Joe Goddarh. John was never any-' thing more 'than champton of the Unifjetf" States." Bill Plunket's wile, who rejoices m the name of Lady Plunket, rose> up m indignation and a "Paquin" gown the other day to protest with much vim against any girl m the Friendly Society considering her presence at that convention being ''m fra dig." Bill's wife reckoned that . if the horribly aristocratic nobs ol the Windy City met the poor girl at the Society and afterwards serving out yard* of tape or ribbon, ou dainty morsels of lingerie, they needn't poke their noses m tbe air and ignore, what Comiaue' Dowdall would call, the wage-slave. Bill's wife thought it rather nice to meet the familiar face behind the counter, or anywhere else, But Bili's wife is an acknowledged aristocrat and is, therefore, permitted to bend occasionally. The. pseudoaristocrats of the Windy Metropolis can't afford to bend, they "might break the. stay-busks of their swindling, usurious, Maori-heating grandfather's past. J. M. Barrio's modesty and shrinking from personal publicity are zuch wellknown traits of his character that it will hardly surprise his Irienils to learn tluit lie has refused a title (says a special cable dispatch to the Toronto "tiiobe"). When the recently-announced Royal lurl!;---tiay honors were being arranged, the author of "Peter l J an" was set. (Sown loc a kniglrthoorl. liarrie. who is a fmvd of Kipling's, might aptly ha\c uuoied the latter's ballad about ' the pi::u- ■•wh,, wouldn't liavc them mane a I ni;j;!it im" me," but he declined the prnlicj L -d hor<--r politely but firmly. "I don't "(i iii icy that sort of thinp;" was the wa>- m which he dism-isscd the matter. There an- cnkinrt persons who say that the ilistinc:tion was offered to Pincro only nftcc Barrie had refused it, hut then- arc several good reasons for discredit Uv^ this statement, among them the fact thut the author of "The Second Mrs T ; >r,queray" -was slated for a knisrhthoml at last year's Royal birthday d^ti^M. on, bat the nomination ditl not go ilmu:.:!