"Pars" ABOUT PEOPLE

Observer, Volume XI, Issue 773, 21 October 1893, Page 25

"Pars" ABOUT PEOPLE

- 'Captain' Fred. Thomas', late of Auckland, is now running sixpenny pops. at Napier. This ought to. pay Ibetter than : tweed. ' Sir George,, Grey,', remarks Sydney Tniih, ' isn't making half so much j noise in London as Victorian soft-goods-I man Reid.' Yet Grey is a statesman. j "The other is only apolitical Jim Grow. j A Scottish chiel ben the Hoose — Fraser, ye ken — wants the Government to 'put down 1 sheep-stealing. Fraser, mon, must be a very sanguine legislator [ii he expects an Act of Parliament to eradicate the. ancient cateran and ' reiving ' instincts of his countrymen. Even the Maori is beginning to ' lift ' sheep and cattle on an extensive scale.

Lord Kandohjh Churchill is about ;to 'do' the colonies. His Lordship, who isn't such a political power as housed to be, is known to the multitude in the colo- ; nies chiefly through the Gaiety burlesque, I ' Joan of Arc,' in which he figures (in Lonnen's song) as ' Handy Pandy O. Such is fame ! ; 'Oaida' is now 54, and ruder in her manner fco strangers than ever. She met a lady in London the other day who took her down a peg or two. ' Ouida ' had just declared to this lady (who hailed from [ the land; of the stars and stripes) that she ' hated Americans.' 'I am sure I don't know why you should,' was the unexpected reply, ' they are the only people who read your shameful books.' The genial Lohi*, who is piloting the Thornton — Arnold Combination through the. colony, was the victim of a practical joke. Some of his press friends m the Empire City managed to obtain possession of a number of his cards and underneath his name they caused to be printed the words 'Agent for MoNicol's Day's Bay Jungle Whisky.' They then returned the cards, and great was L.J/s astonishment whenie .picked up.the pasteboards to find that he was represented as agent for the sale of the whisky illipitly distilled in the bush behind Day's Bay, opposite the city of Wellington. ■ ' . ,

■™; Reokii|trof 'Kaekitt's blue ?— when ■ yotkask for Reckitt's-see that you get it— ~ is one of the brand new nobles whose titles date back to.the 4th May. . Heaven ber-less oar old nobility I - > . Harold Ashton/the man- with the. perpetual smile and the shiny bell-tapper,, havmg.seemingly played out ' pop ' concerts for all they are worth, is ndw manager for Maggife Mloore at Briabane- Opera House. Colonel Pat Boyle (novr in.BHngland) is never tired, it seems, of singing the praises of Maoriland, where he was, according to his own account, extraordinarily popular. Tes, Boyle and his marketing kit were popular wherever they went. The death of Lord Coleridge, cabled last week, recalls fading memories of ' the Ticbborne case.' The dead lawyer ' made his mark ' as a counsel in cross-examining 'the real Sir Roger,' alias Orton, the Wagga Wagga butcner. . Dr" Kenderdine holds peculiar views on the Sabbath. Every year he refuses to pay his rates as a protest against the public library, being opened on Sunday,, i and every year, of course, he gets judgment given against him, with costs. Dr. Kenderdine 's method of protesting is certainly peculiar. He might as well refuse to pay his butcher's bill on the ground that he disapproved of the method of slaughtering animals now in vogue.

Duke of York is to be supplied, with a complete set of South Australian postage stamps- The young man is more modest than, his .uncle Alfred, who used to ask for complete sets of nuggets from all the Australian gold mines. Bolfe Boldrewood says his famous character ' Starlight ' was drawn from real ' life. 'He was ' says Rolfe, ' a gentlemanly! fellow, who owed ids downfall to the theft's of a horse named. Locket, and he was killed on the Queensland border just as " Starlight" was killed in "Robbery Under,Arms." Hi&xeaAnom deglume was "Moon-." light " because he always did his annexing by night.' . ;/1 Major Dane (who talks of another? New Zealand ttiur) tells agood story of oneof his experiences in the Hot Lake country. He was shown all the wonders of; the famous thermal region -by a pretty fl£q,ori; girl guide but kept exclaiming ' Nothjn^ tp '■[ Yellowstone ' (California) aB each c sipn'( was exhibited to him. After an hpur! 6i this sort of thing the girl guide aske^i th"c, Major to lift up a great piece of pituuiee stone and 'feel how light it is^j>TE&' moment he did so there was a report- likethunder, and the visitor's beautugl" new" tourist suit was smothered in filtajt^yelioW, mud. ' Great Scott I' gasped ~th% Jaajar, 'What's this' 'That's Yellowstone, I think,' calmly replied the guide.

; Cstoled that Melba> is t^iJKl^ -a - "State concert; at Buckingham Pal&cef -\ 'j£ - few yeara ago she waß glad to sing at • -Ipdp" concerts.for a. half-guinea fee. Auckland : lady amateura snould take heart'^grlace., Hee Hera Smith want^Goyeriimeiit fco offer a reward of. £1,000 for a locomotive' ; capable of consuming its own smoke. ' - The' money would be better eSjj&fiiea as Va reward for a politician who would consume^ his own gas. "" <s<Ah?.SH aidT JjH ■ Percy St. John, of ' s &g^fflM Pantomime Company, lately in" AupltfancT^ has been fined £1 for «iwngLL&'?BfiJaday evening show at Jiivercar|ai.{ffi4»tJieattHise was packed, Percy probablytpaid %vee that pound with a good deal of cheerfulness. One . MxjGuire is.; m'6¥ins a i^r the House for the prohibition. 1 oi' irMJac- " ture or importation of m%MaifnW|Sor it is so refreshing to find a glntleman of throo historic name whoJobjefc&tatfolheentnat we would positivelyi- ; ilike'-';fc&;>l|a& I fc c ~ hands with Mr McGuiee;- v ---.". 3-.'-i h^&qjio - Poor blind Fjelder, who Jcft Auckland recently for the South, is now in Chnstehxirch vIMM^W->7i^ss&&. about buying a baneKttj&tiMa MBffik it ■in the streets for a 'l^ihg;%f:%inVJe%#nd An effort i^iKm^Uin'i r Mm f by the Christchurch people to find some better opening for Kelder^fcth^,^ 8 "" Her Goodness^jiei§ppto^or of the weed, and ttt> »4^mmW who has all the German^lovei of^Balco -spends a little forttuie every* week in aromatic bon-bons, ettt Jl Sdtt«&im3§ not go near his au^jp%anfmaii2^liß# f or days together. an almost miraculous>^ca«£otgyitdrJ'faet^tinK «tt f Ti? w w J**v^^gsley^caUed 'the ' sweetest herb uii^hea^en.'j],,^^ J/r fighting fehief .re^.of i%% M^. ful. The Town' Board' .ol MxiOTSi agreed to allow the rematns^to^oeiSred at the foot of the monument erected to his memory by SHgGe^g^Gi'eyi-iJifid^ow, Hke Sir John Moore, ifeck &mj let him sleep onU- tiiey^^on^ JS&%im" sleep on. Bfijua-h&i' -Vkf&O&tfft flisinter those weary btm'esartf ScrapVttie^and then they will be-Jiidden away in a cave till 'the sounding of the last trump.' A splendid full-page • ] !^en^faySig^ uyis iievn appears in asfptheir part pf^His^afig^frf Mr NoKthcro&as<a«oftfaoa^^iiiuating way of putting questions whjdkfspmetimes leads the person addressed to comnut himselfrjbe&m-hei (knows} wh-eie7he is •Do you¥moke?hßaidrhei*6 ©fSebiapthe other daw** Yes;.. y our WbiSHp,' . rephed tbe/mari. wonderiri^ no donbT at the mterest-tiken inhinyby*h«MiraMliate gfteJxtmp* said^Mr No?thcr#tnJ 'It - is very hard but it is the only way to eive l Or n. e *¥S?.,^ war^ 8 *e,pa3fment of your debt.' "Tne^eblor'sfaire w& a^stum aa he realised^inb^wli^ .nis/^Alßf'aplfetlv mnoceni'ATtestt'^^dtflMMo s^"^ °« y - .^ximii. -.a: d Ji)r--if;ois?2oqao odj-, M.H'.{RPCrbWth^%^ b^i^omiaelled to declare hinifself f at' : lgcsi;'. ; '% 6 '^^f one of the" few candidates at the 'recent elec-' tions,|Kh J o J .gQt fchrpughoi2ie,,oamp&W without,; mcmmg r.'WS^-poUticAiThanZff ,and " probsbijr-^he jymil^Ss OftlSsfPSe.riej^cted. &&mWSt£m\msi ;nPrfion4gQ^se> t motj^i of the / s§sgipn4as.pinne.d^him Tr^ ft d; jr^ /? pted ior tne trovernment. AojLrnow., the members of the National ABsociktion who assisted h^,iare; y as|jfigr3 3^ I waspi i whose taTi ftj hay^-f been tredite^aippij. - be [ttoro^hlyiimpiir^aW^at igAftiftSTotea ™5-W§soos!Brj!OMftt torday, keiwi^g^with - matters. Mr N Cr Q wther is evidently not a ■-■ - -uMi Jii iElcr•.H^aßHa^^thewnMfnJiJ ?^4ocal •photo^rapHer, nfttf otifai&fylgg -fei%»feoial article- 1 iii^-recsaa*. fawm^h&mmbram, ' jounial dewt]e*'<<i€[ ttobmhotographitrart. i Se^er^«Mira*sMilusM*ions accompany the ar*R*e^oiiec^fftlSeiei?inff a portrait of Mi- Sanna himself, while the • W&QOK-iSf JhjS!?*adio,and s^ec»n§n3of his a^W-^?W^ma^BW^^9^gp en•OTWw -Thfi; writgg-^i |§ € his trom iKLr •nan^ D pf i .Ajqifißain|^ lana, a packet ofj>hotographs so beautiful in every respect that we fell we must show 'them ■to:*he' frartieralty.^ri[ce6rdiH^ly the toember|f of Jth^) I»h«tbg^a|^(P^ii%<'fLonoaon)phaO,^.ghtifef them^fcoMp &M!tt&%tbex- ] E****™? 7ASMottfatl<*» other; places. Afth>€l«fe,.thsp^>ifl%a was expressed^stt h\» r doine better aX-round portraiture* at the London S33'S sfi^** > * W}** WJ^aKW given, ce i£. s »l9Tsl£ rfe .-^#he affl r^e|?, also Mt.the pn^^^.r^u^s^m.-lh^ JSS^JISs the ?S»#&9?sfe -M^^pq^li^fiiiteiift and iMiW^M jpteifiF/ -feei?p^ Ms x S&»iHa rearticles on studio work to Wilsons Photographic Magazine. .