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NZ Truth, Issue 276, 8 October 1910, Page 4

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■In -England Tom Mann is spoken of as a successor as Socialist candidate to Victor Grayson for Colne Valley. Tommy contested the seat m 1895, and received 1245 votes against the Liberal candidate, who secured 4276, and 3757 votes cast for the Liberal Unionist. c » * One seldom sees much of Tom Donovan, of the Royal Picture Syndicate. Tom's health has not been of the best for months past. 'Nervous breakdown was brought on by business worries. Tom proposed a trip to the South Sea* Islands, -hut it has not yet come off. 9. • • Anglican Bishop Neligan, whose re-, signaticn takes effect from Octoitxer 15, will leave Auckland for Wellington on or before that darte, after which he will leave for England. A new 'bishop will be elected by the Synod on October 21.. The Yen Archdeacon Oalder has been appointed to act as commissary after the bishop's departure. ■ a ■ If the Lord chasteneth those whom He loves, He hasn't got much time for Chapman, the coin-sna veiling evangelist who invaded Australia last year. An ex-journalist named J. 11. Converse, who pegged out m Yankeeland lately, left him £46,000 to do what he liked with. Converse financed the Chapman-Alexanher mission to Australia, but it's any odds that Chapman won't ohuck away "any of that £46,000 on a similar scheme. Not much ! ■• * » Probably dead now, bait a couple of months ago one James Grieve, an Argyleshire shepherd, age 111 years, was stricken down with what the young rascal philosophically described as his last illness. Grieve, whose birthplace was Glengarry, was for more than 95 years a shepherd m various parts of the Highlands, looking after his flocks on the mountain side m all weathers. His wife died twenty years ago, and he has outr lived his ten children, except three. A moderate drinker, the old 'un enjoyed bis pipe right up to the day he took to his bed. Fortunately, he never had to come up before Sirobert Stout. • fl O The most travelled inemiber of the ,>;reat Fuller family is undoubtedly Jofrn, junr. His appearance m Wellington is periodical. He just looks (n, as it were, to say good-bye. Within tire past few months John, junr., has covered thousands of miles. He is opening up ''the Karth" preparatory for the next skating season, when North Island towns of importance wiU have their rinks. Dumedih sees little of its John nowadays, and appaß ntly the pushing junior has abandoned the idea of becoming a Dunedin city father, an amlbition which burned within him a year or two ago. Ben. Fuller, of course, confines his energies to the city ol Wellington, where he finds much, to occupy his attention. Ben, junr., at latest was giving promise of becoming a great acrobat. • • i* The other day the members of the Dun<-din police force met for the purpose of making a presentation to x-Gonstable Brennan, who 'has retired on superannuation. Mr Brennan for many years was mounted constable m Dunedin, and he boasted that he -bad formed part of tihe escort to every Governor who visited Dunedin. About a year ago he was given charge of tihe Anderson's Bay station, where crime is non-existent, and there lie lived very quietly until he retired a short time ago. At tne presentation function, Constable Poswer, Morninigkm, was m the chair, and mentioned that he had known Mjr Brennan for thirty-two years. Another veteran, m tine person of Constable West, Roslyn, also spoke of Mr Brennan's good qualities. The presentation took the form of a fine red plush easy-chair. The death, recently, of Dr. Mac Lagan, formerly Archbishop of York, sets one thinking of the phuroh and stage connection. Dr. Mac Lagan, who retired two yea/rs ago because of feeble health, was a Scotsman !; so is his sue- j cessor, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang. A j cousin of the late Archbishop — Tom Mac Lagan by nama— was a leading music hall singer forty years ago. A cousin of the present Matheson lang is a foremost figure on the stage, and has just been delighting Australians m "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" and "Pete." It seems strange that the second position o!f dignity and authority m the Church ol Fnglond should have been twice m siicoessioii filled by a Scotsman, and m Dr. Lang's case a bom ?nd l>red Presbyterian, for his father was Dr. Marshall Lang, of Barony Parish, Glasgow, the preceding minister of which was the famous Dr. Norman McLeod. « • • The other day Dunedin's Town Clerk, R. W. Richards, departed for a month's holiday m Sydney, leaving all his little worries behind Mm, and allowing the City Council to look after itself for a time. He has recently had settled the question of how much salary he should receive, and still more recently has oome through the inquiry into the boggle m Her-iot-row. This latter matter has ..been settled except for one important sec-, tion of the. •question— -the quarrelling which follows all decisions and which is aibout as useful as trying to. fill up the ocean by pitching pebbles into it. In the circumstances, !R. W. will be happier m Sydney, where he will be not affected m the least by the warmth of councillors. By the way, there are curtain people m Dunedin wlio like to have an occasional dig at tbe Town Clerk— he's a good man to get at as lm* as lie can't Ret at you— rail tho day after he Irft, a party of tliis class wrote to the "Times" wanting to know if R. vV. was b."ing paid his salary while away, and, if not, would it be used to find wofk for the unemployed. Despite t'e ride remarks mr-ds about him, "Truth" supposes that R. W. will live till he dies.