LADIES, GENTLEMEN And Others.

NZ Truth, Issue 352, 23 March 1912, Page 4

LADIES, GENTLEMEN And Others.

Up to the time of writing-, no official mention has been made of a successor to Mr F. G. B. * Waldegrave, UnderSecretary for Justice and Commissioner of Police, but, as he holds office until March 31, this is not a matter for surprise, especially m view of the unsettled state of tie party m power. am ' m m ■ The mystery surrounding the' identity of the unfortunate man who was fatally injured by a tram m Willis-street, Wellington, on the afternoon of February 29, and whose photograph (taken after death) was published m "Truth," has • bean cleared up. Deceased has been identified as Henry "Gal van, who came from St. Helen's, near Westport. 9 * • Sir Arthur Guinness, M.P., arrived m Wellington from Greymouth on Tuesday m order to attend the caucus of the Liberal party oh Thursday. On Friday .he embarked by the U.S.S. Co.'s turbine steamer -Maori fc,V Syd-^ ney, where Lady Guinness arid Miss' ."Ethel Guinness are at present, and the party will, take an extended tour cf New South/Wales.- It is 22 years since Sir Arthur has been m the parent State of the Commonwealth. ; « « . * Timaru was placed m a hit of, a hole when Mayor Craigie, who has bossod the breakwater town for ten years, handed . m his resignation. The hole widened as the residents floundered around m . search of another chief magistrate, but it was quite apart from the crevasse m which they were engulfed—although there might have been an association of ideas — when a requisition of prominent citizens asked Mr J. Hole to help them out of. ihe hole by. standing. Mr Hole is nn esteemed townsman, but unfortunately was unable to spare the, time, and at the moment of writing Timaru .was still m a hole. » » n The recent appointment of Captain F. F. Haworth to be Naval Adviser to. the High Commissioner for Australia is one which cannot fail to have' a beneficial effect m bringing about a good understanding between the Home. Government and .those of the Commonwealth and this Dominion.- Such an understanding is most desirable, and Captain Haworth is just the man to ba helpful m removing all difficulties which might m the ordinary course arise, while at the same time promoting pn every way the interests of the. Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand. The choice of adviser is an exceptionally satisfactory one In all respects. ' A tradesman, In no matter what •line/as long as he is a real traddsman, will always come to the front. Detective-Sergeant J. J. Cassells, whose clever "demon" work while m Wellington earned the highest praise from judges on the Bench, and from leading business men, is making a name for himself m Napier, wher'aj; for some altogether unknown reason, he was transferred -some 'time : iijjo. " Jack C. has been very busy lately m -Napier m clearing up the mystery surrounding the disappearance of some boodle belonging to the Napier Borough Council, and the '"Hastings Tribune" has the following to" say concerning the sleuth m question ". . "It might be well to remember that Detective Cassells has not come to Napier to earn a reputation. Ha is recognised as one of the smartest men m the force." What for the average "demon" is an unusual compliment was the one passed on Cassells at- the last sitting of the, Napier Supreme Court, when he was praised by counsel for the defence f.or his fair treatment of an accused person. Some ether 'tecs, ought, to try hard and keeping on trying te earn such a compliment. Thus "Truth's" London correspondent: Oscar Asche, who is due over m Australia about Easter, gave a supper at the Hotel Cecil last Saturday night to various Australians m London, in_i particularly to the representatives ol the Australian,- daily press who are stationed here, toy. write nice things of actors about tor visit Australia. This was not a bad move on Oscar's part, for, after you -have well dined and wined a man, he is bound to notice tho fact m his next budget of news. The menu card for the occasion showed kangaroos, making their way to ?h<_ box office of "Kismet" laden with haq:s of gold, which indicated that Asche expects to do pretty well m Australia—as doubtless he will. Sir John McCall was at the free feed — talking— as is his wont; so was Staniforth Smith, the Administrator of Papua, who. was supposed to have been eaten by cannibals out there, a few months^igo. One really great Australian present was Bertram Mackennal, the sculptor. Mac's "Circe"— a beautiful piece^. of bronze — caused a storm of disapprobation to hiss up from the wowsers of i Melbourne when it was first placed or. [exhibition there, and they used to collect m heaps to examine the undraped hussies m bas-relief on The base. But Art has advanced a little m Melbourne since then, and nobody protests now. * » » Hactor 'Enry Vibart, recently through these part's, and who played the ghost m " 'Amlet" with 'Enry Hirving, has been saying things. Down at Invercargill, whether after the ghost walked or not, he got into a beer depot, outside the town's boundaries, and there met with a strange .• adventure, which was recounted m the "Dominion" one day during the week. At th beer-oh, "Trutfi" means the depot, Vibart, who was with some other hactor fellah, gently broke it to the admiring lot of soaks that he was with Hirving. "As they were chatting, the strains of a concertina broke clamant upon the ear. r'D'ye hear that ?' said one of the residents, 'He's a clever chap, that— often goea into town to the shows, and cornea right back, and plays tis all tha "toones." 'Ell be at your show tomorrow, to pick up the "toones." • 'But we're playing "Hamlet," and there are no tunes m it,' explained Mr Vibart. ' "Hamlet," is it—oh, yes that's where they bring m ft •cad. on a plate, ain't it ?' Mr Vibart admitted that it probably was." A good yarn if the characters, were nasty Cockneys, but it won't go down m New Zealand. Vibart ought to vibrate elsewhere. Moreover, when he strikes a No-license town he should keep away from depots. They're not always respecW able. *