South Sea Novelist.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13704, 19 September 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

South Sea Novelist.

J.OI'IS BECKR IN WELUXOTON*. Louin Ikcfce, Uu» weliknown noroihj, from. London bv the lonic. To th* many M ho have n-ad his my 6tork« of ifo* ' , ,V:t Jsmntte, ;m introduction will not be wc?*saty. To th«* who have to make his aMpuimtiUJCt' through hm srritmgs, Ise it known that l.o«ss ii«ke, who was Iwrn .u lA'o i,3^, ua f'«*r Now Sowh W.-tk-x, in JUho, t h<> South Pacific /ik a trader and KUjmmtrgo fr»*i»v 1870 to 1893. duYm~ »hith period H# ahsorlwd a wealth of r<mnm* and incident, of .in ontm-lv oi"S>tn;M chiinscta* that h.is «nee brought Ufa (um« in t ho world of tetter*. J\. r , haps ih« fx-st known of hk U>b i.« th« (i^L om , h ? ««»'! I'ahn" *1894}, which was the fororunn. r of ;i tuvtv or more of m.y ;( ; h,KouUi Jv-ijs. Of ihnf oih" cm I v h.ss («» !V 'V- i1! "A Fimt F!<v-t Family" i1896i, 'Taehie TaW ÜB9?}. "His Xativ* Wife" f 18961. *'l he Trader#* Wife." ''Rodman i )».• to bring b;ui; meiyork's of IKefki?> rtf Su.-» \h~%x. He a prolific u-rit.f f,f kbon. t>:«rk« = matiy of which frtiiusl muiy ion i» Uw "Bulk-tin." About t«*n y.:m-t «gf» Mr H<vkc wjts in dtiewl io iry his folium* in England. Hi* ' sj><miiioci(v of „tyie ami onginajjtr t,{, I )rlt<a» Minn found j»uhlk)u m and a market. | S'fytikillg to :i "I)e»instt«M>" rrproY-itta. ; Hv«. Mr Is<ck<- Mti<i !»e had not r .«Ud. <i in i ; HtiK'l.ui.i h.i]f ilf litno }»<> had other w'do of liio world, Hfc livrd f..r four veirs in CormTy l.ooih. Ir.i.ui.i, ; ,tnJ uinir- .ulirti'.tiitg that h#> bad at f .j*- ii m <t :i |itvj««!i<o trV.ln.'iCfi, hj" rAiniut !».«• SiiV >tl lll.'jr I-!.u»c ho «. !U to tMsoft. bat t>. nn»v. for sJ»w* years 1» ~ KfWi.-hnhiij, which fin*' ht> ii '.tu .Vo! »i,i»ni v." Mr JWto it. not uuly a nov*d*^t. a kern m wvrrAl br^nrW <jf iicien«-e. with *» hip pxn-cn lar «vtr»:ngth. ili« If ?.!;<!«>. a «*ar<i» i«r »whttl«»n for furslur l|!<r,ij'V (Vf.iir, l : l» u. a «*rirti* P iosi, ?Ms'L d by Hii-h (jMmlu .» mm th« ' •■"'-£< a .V'ktr, '>u- h - JWHo Mn»-nn». He i* to fu the •.Jmtjfr.iiihu-al tm th? MiiSMMi*. tt ili !|JJ >i:'• a rn!!i t <if fr< -,b w >ti < 1 U-h 'it for !iip Soti'h KVn ■■ Stivvmn, ami ns.ikr, <'Uiii!»i''Cn-,.! . ,Ui -surj. ant! inv<-!-t <>ij Ik tif 'be Ik-rbn wft« .!«?■». taking ft *arw inter*! so l»i» b-AV. B'«8 Jwojjdon Jk- »»s smuhmJ by tli# (W> jjwn Afobsisssuior that hh way «-md<s lw vi m if*, finnan and !R>;hid««l in she «?»»! handed him on bt» a nival w«'troming Mtem fnnn tb>(.'owrttor of Xcw Oum-a, H.itnf«t,

and Sir Emerald*iia. Thurni,- -British High Commissioner for the Western "Pacific. • The expedition is- exacted to occupy twenty months or, more. • Ae to-definite arrangements, he «onld nou With vas he had .to consult; with v German doctoiy whom he plight ba\<. ta proceed to Sydney to meet by early steamer. The alternative was a meeting lit Auckland, and to proceed north by way of Fiji. •• x Mr Becke is accompanied..-by his wife and three children. Unfortunately,' Mm Becke is suffering severely from, a citest. complaint* , and will probably undergo treatment in, a Wellington-hospital. , -