LADIES, GENTLEMEN,

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 4

LADIES, GENTLEMEN,

I And Others- j

There were four generations present at the funeral of the recently deceased Henry Burling, the centenarian. Sir John Findlay has decided to contest the Parnell electorate. and Tarn McKenzie the B^raont seat at the next elections. It took the pair some time to find their lovejNow that the intentions of each are known, the fun will commence. » * * v ■ Sir J. S." Williams, the senior Supreme Court judge of New Zealand, who was recently made a Knight, attained his 74th birthday last Tuesday. His Honor was to have been invested at Government House, Wellington, on Monday last, but was unfortunately precluded from attending on account of illness Died at Dunedin on Saturday last James Alexander Matthews, printer of the Otago "Daily Times." - Deceased joined the old "Witness" m the dim past of '54, and was afterwards on the "Southland News" m the early days, and with George Fenwick on the "Tuapeka Press," and founded the "Cromwell Argus." Then he sold out and returned to Dunedin and . joined the "Grandmother."- The allotted three score and ten was his notch m the tally of life. • ■ ■ If ever there was a case m which death came as a saving mercy, it wai the case of Maria Pia of Portugal. That ghastly day when her son and grandson were broug-ht home,, murdered, claimed her mind and memory so entirely that for many months the unfortunate lady saw the "red vision" of which Zola wrote. Home and heart and familiar thing's of life were colored with the stain of these terrible events. Maria Pia remained morose and silent to the day of her death. • • • Sir Frederick Borden, the new High Commissioner for Canada, must not be confused with his equally distinguished relative, Mr R. L. Borden, K.C., who led the opposition to the Reciprocity Bill m the Canadian House of Commons, and who has just succeeded m overturning- Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Ministry, after holding office lor 15 years. The selection is a cood one. Sir Frederick, who was Minister of Militia m the first Laurier Administration, is a man of staunch purpoae, a man of character, and a rock-bottom Imperialist » » w Down at Invercargill, Arthur A. Paape, recently appointed secretary to the New Zealand Sports' Protection League, at £.500. per annum, must /have Deen somebody. Anyhow, a recent Southland paper contained advertisements convening meetings of the Southland Co-operative Butchers' Union, the Acclimatisation Society, the Cycling Club, the Motor Association, the Drapers'. Association, Caledonian Association, Anglers' Club, Itugby Football Union, and the Dairymen's Association, to receive the resignation of the secretary, who m each case was Arthur A. Paape. Then we find the same person farewelled by the Typographical Union, to which he was secretary, and the Cyclist Club. What a jewel the L-eague has got to be sure. » a a Dead at Christchurch, XaeutenantColonel Hawkins, V.D., officer m command of the Canterbury district, aged fifty. The' deceased officer came from Victoria t o New Zealand at a very early age, and carried a pea rifle when most youngsters m Invercargill were spinning tops and playing hopscotch m the southernmost city. He had a forceful personality which enabled him to start on a low rung of employment, and finally qualify as manager of the Municipal Gasworks. His natural ability carried him through every rank m volunteering until he obtained his Canterbury command m 1906. Golf, which, like bowling, finds the weak spot m a man's heart, took him off with a gasp, the suddenness of his demise occasioning widespread consternation m Canterbury, where he was a popular figure. Military honors were heaped upon his remains at the grave. Dr Te Rangihiroa, though Northern Maori representative, is by race a Southern Maori. He is not, however, a full-bloded native, beind one-half Irish. He is a well-informed youngman, a deep student of ethnology and folk lore, and is a graduate m medicine of the Otago University. Succeeding the late Hone Heke, the doctor practically owes his seat m the House to the interest taken m him by Sir Jamas Carroll, upon whose recommendation the Northern Maoris selected him as their representative m Parliament. Sir James recognised the marked ability of the young medico, who, up to that time, had not the least idea of entering politics. As a speaker. Dr. Te Rangihiroa always shows a thorough grasp of tho subject lie has m hand, although his innate modesty of character causes him to lack the vim and force which characterise the average seasoned Parliamentarian. Ever since he was sworn m on April 5, 1909, he has been a. consistent supporter of the Ward administration. • • ■ The president of the Australian Medical Congress, recently assembled m Sydney, Dr. F. Antill Pockley, is a son of Captain Robert Pockley, who y?ns well known m Australasian, waters sixty years ago, when Fred. JvorlT, Henry Thomas Fox, Pilford, were doing the big voyages m sailing briga between Melbourne and Sydney, Moreton Bay and Sydney, Auckland and Sydney, Port Nicholson and Sydney. Captain Pockley had the well-known packet brig, Emma, of 140 tons, sailing between Sydney and Hobart Town. ' John Macnamara, John Mitchell's friend, being the agent. Captain Pockley settled down on the North Shore, where he built "St. Leonard's House," afterwards occupied by the doctor. The captain occupied himself ashore as- a marine surveyor, having an oiFice m Bridge-street. The president of the Congress holds diplomas from Edinburgh (first-class honors), 1884, London, same year, and Sydney, 1888, and was one of the lec'txirers at Sydney University. Dr. Pockley's family is connected with that of Major Antill, who came lout with Macquarie, and settled at i Picton.