PEOPLE IN PERSPECTIVE

NZ Truth, Issue 910, 5 May 1923, Page 1

PEOPLE IN PERSPECTIVE

as assistant up at Kelburn and did so for four years or so", being second in command in , the education lecture room at Victoria College at the same time. At each place he was a popular man and since a man may not hold his popularity for; long unless he delivers the goods It follows that he has so far done his job well and, further, that he Is very likely. to go on with the game. ::•',- :: :: Having served the Methodies of Mount Albert for five years, and A PRO HI B. Watched that suburb PARSQN. grow immensely and his flock grow likewise In that period of, grace, Parson W. A. Burley has been transferred to Blrkenhead, across the waters of the Waltem'ata. • The- Rev. Burley is an arch-enemy of Booze, and he It was who organised the Eden Prohibition League. Apart from this failing, he has no other known vices, and Is popular with all nave brewers and publicans. : This parson was presented with the most acceptable token of regard from his parishioners and the ! "pro/s" — a 1 wallet containing something mofrt substantially financial, which will be none the less welcome because of the very long illness of Mrs. Burley. For where there Is Illness there is also much expense, and the slender purae of the average parson feels the strain severely. MM M • Everybody in Dunedln knows Major I•• > F. H. Lampen. C.M.G. "THE ( better known vas the MAJAH." "Majnh.") Since 1900 Major Lampen has almost j been continuously engaged in running wars and other small affairs. He took two transports of Indian troops to the Boer War— Driscoll's Scouts and Ijumsden's Horse— and was present as tin onlooker (if there Is any such thing) |nt the Russo — Japanese squabble. During the Great War ho served with thp JJritlsh section of the N.Z.E.R. and (luring its hiter stages ho served in different capacities at the N.Z. camps. Now the "Mujah" In retiring from the H'army to be a respectables lawabiding citizen and for a pastime ho will direct oflfensives on Dunedin's Wall Street. One should not forget to mention that "the Majah" is one of the finest of amateur actors In the country, while at n. smoke concert ho has very few equals. A rising star who is forcing his way into the ranks of the A, RISING shining lights of the first STAR. magnitude is Lawyer L. M. Moss, at present a member of tho "rosts brlwide" in TaranaUl's capital town. "Ij.M." hns been }n New Plymouth for just about a year, nnd alrwidy he hn.i pushed his way to the front nnd compelled the older hands who were born nnd brought up In the place and who consider New Plymouth their very own stamping ground, to sit up and take noitce. His first big case was a land misrepresentation contost, when ho got the Jury to disagree on the first trial and to agroo with him on tho Recond. Cut ho stopped right out last week and had nil th<» ppot-Hphts I and limelights focuasod full on him whan ho oponnd tho erosa-oxamlna-tlon of tho victim in tho horsewhipping

casp. Moss is one of the many exOtago boys who are to be found all over the North Island. He was an 0.8.H.5. pupil, then went to Wellington College, where, between a little Rugby a little hockey and some debating, he went through the arts and Maw course. As a debater he must have been pretty good for in 1914 he annexed the Union Prize which has fallen in its time to men who are now leading New- Zealand "costs," while in 1515. with L,. P. Leary, now practising in Auckland, ho collared the debating shield for Victoria College in the inter-'Varsity tournament. He believes in prohibition and is not frightened to sny so. His wife is of a legal family as she is a daughter of J. C. Stephens, of Dunedln. Lawyer Moss has had to keep his pince-nez pretty firmly on his nose while fighting his way during the last year and now It is tfelng said that he is wasting his time In the shade of Egmont. One of the larger cities would provide him with more scope, -s it :» zj Much misaad from the Auckland Chief ..,,_._ Post Office will SUPERANNUATED, he the friendly face of V. J. Coney, who has been foreign mall clerk these many years. V. J. has rotlrod on superannuation, and ho was presented by the staff with a Morris chair and a cane of pipes to holp him take It easy after these many moons of strenuous work— for it is a fact that some public servants do work, andespecially in the postal department. Chief Postmaster Kelly handed ovor the goods and made the speech, which wns full of kindly references to the good qualities of the retiring official. Mnsterton woke up the other morning and got a rare shock. The T. B. FOX. people read that Tom Fox , . was leaving and would in future reside In Hastings. It proved to he true, and the Prohibition centre fltralfirht away went into mourning", for Tom Fox was the life and soul of the place when at home, which was not often, as his firm keeps him on the road as long ns possible to. sell its stuff. The popular Tom comes from the West of England, and can tell you all about the coal mining industry und the hard times the miners have had, while the tear3 will come into his eyes when he tells the part about the little children and what they have to put up with. He has a very soft heart, and would- rather do ono a good turn than the opposite. Ho has been with the firm of Abbott. Oram for some fourteen years, and has a wonderful reputation as a salesman. In the bad times the other travellers were wont to declare thru business was stagnant ami (hat Fox was the only one that could sell unything. lie has a wonderful way with hhs customers, un«l '•"oh thp fah- thing by thorn, so that he expects reciprocity. Woe betkle anyone th::t doos not fulfill hi* trust faithfully. It were fnr better that ho hnd never boon born, or nt least that is what he thinks himself whoii Fox Is done with him. Mnetorton will be the loser by the shifting of Tom, but Hastings will be the gainer, as the tinmo of T. Fo.x is ahvayrt nt the head of anv movement that hng for its obJf>ct th« alleviation of the dtatrosa of In© poor.

A great old Rugby footballer in his

time, and still an enCOLONEL thilsiast as President of CAMPBELL, tho Athletic Club in

Wellington, js'O. I<\ C. Campbell, who holds down tho Ijir job of Auditor-General and ha.s the courtesy title of Colonel as a Ueut.Colonel of the Volunteer Gurrison Artillory. Now approaching completion of his ,65th year; /■ho. is still as netlve and well us most of these old athletes Jive. Educated at Nelson College, he entered tbo Civil Service nwny back in '14. In '77 ho was responsible for tho coining , into existence of the Athletic Club and was its first skipper, a post which he held for many years. He Was a first-rate forward, and captained the Wellington reps, many times, unt'il his retirement in 'S3. It is some indication of the enthusiasm he had In his playing days that a broken leg did not deter him, .once, it had mended, from hopping into tho game again. In later days he has been a President of the New Zealand Union — he' Is still a vice-president, and is also President of, the Athletic Club. The members of that club give him r.o chance to retire, anyway. :: :: :j * "Truth" here refers to the new Commissioner of the I ROBT..HOGGARD, Salvation Army OF THE ARMY. for New Zealand. ■ Have you had a close-up of him? Ho bears all tho earmarks of the Autocrat of the Army — ReguMirs, Volunteers, or S.A., they're all alike, these of the high command. Robert H. 'doesn't oven' need to say "do this" or "Do that." He gets things done with the mere crooking: of a fingor. He is a typical thick-set, long-headed Englishman. Been 42 years In the Army — and doesn't look it. "Truth" thinks the roost interestIng portion of his career 1 — and he was Commissioner in Africa what time the Rand riots wore on, and Smut* gave charge of tho provision depots to Bob Hoggard— were his years of command in Korea. That was round about 1916---18, when the Japs wero riding roughshod over the Koreans, after Jumping their claim. It isn't an easy matter to get Bob Hoggard to talk about those stirring days, because he himself confesses that the long arm of the Jap Secret Service reaches oven unto the ends of the earth, and .tho Jap has a nasty wny of getting even with someone else In the Korean area for something said against Jap rule overseas However. "Truth" happens to know that the Hoggard regime In Korea was most exciting for the head of the Army There was a big religious revival sweeping over the land, and some anarchists took advantage of tho revival to worm their influence into religious circles. These rabid patriots — and we must confess to a sneaking sympathy for men who were so brutally used as wore the Koreans by the Jap authorities.—actually got tho religionists involved In a wide-reaching plot of assassination. The chief victim of the murder plot was the Jap GovernorGonoral, a man of mark as well as a marked man. Ho had been Japan's Minister for War during the RussoJap fracas, and therefore his death would have made the oppressor nation sit up and take notice of the protests Ol Korea. The plotters had the nerve to Kot'k to Involve the Salvation Army in their machinations! Probably thought that the Blnod-and-Plrc motto was to be taken literally. Robert Hogtrnrd waH kept well informed of the prosreßS of the plot, and ho had a large hand and voice in separating the sheep from the goats In the ranks of the revivalists/ There i« no doubt thftt no one man In Korea did mor* to save the life of the Governor than R.H. This mußt havo been well recognised, for ho afterwards becntno the minted mediator between both parties — the Governor-General and tho Korean Natlonali«ts—ln settling the most pressing grlerancos.