IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17345, 18 July 1924, Page 6

IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

NOTES AND ANECDOTES. TpROM rags and poverty to Attornej- ; ' General of Britain—that describee the career of Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C.. in a nutshell. Sir Patrick, who is a comparatively ymiag man to lie in the nigh petition he holds ; to-day, hud many I strupgle* when a boy in h?.H tesaa, but HiiiOO he Wait called to the Bus 1 his rise to fam© has been _ -r. 1 “th* Devil’a o’^n 5 ’ ; »n South Africa, Sir Patrick returned j w> Ikigland in 1802, and was ealied } to thy Bar in 1904. As a bar st«4e»it j lie became' a conspicuous A gur-s 3a th-s» j IVavpie, and waa muoh admired r* r I handsome. fashionable man*aboi2t«tawa. The period di;n.:|4 which ho «Kperi. ertced the “«asc winds of fortypie, •'» tin • dtvl-.t!-::.. ii. o rasp.T.iftiose itJO «W?M, tfauiuMtta vi«ws, which he baa he’td, Intro ftninod hivn i'nyom* with pi-s sent Laboui* Gc-vcfumciit. hittgUOißl 61, the l>ea'4tifni jVJefH. coa«;, < i.iei. iiie J.>a?c'i m b Oi Pisnaß, iic, raw >. orir.i” worry him, lie 4f#*>i It ¥?>"¥ I'ci'.irariftp.a os-.;jb freir, vhu uoi;l,.id,i3 paoios uf i t t'ario. V/hif.. is siwaieH ' within Pi:« tiers «if hit, jif.sil detiiiniuii, iion; .. . - #ie; political. i iOtibjas. ~4 fap bach Kd tlift ihr:, s hum:::i•• J>;.i 4 ( a-c;b-a,i i,-’ egafitln it j t'-fii i.c seaiio of siHtb, Parintj Jf?. = ; p.)b; .a.ea,-;,: I’iae v; f : (,Wer tb4 : ehvlv rir.cfce,-...1 ~••■ it p:.ir: ■:,!(■ s’Pc -v/i r ,'tt, hud ,1; sHdt) ti’ass i , \,y C.ri.l taßwsi:? ni ! Jtajy, iq ■ V c,,..- ti pfift fie yfee lirica fif lean ii. ' litsir-j’.tstWm in Italy's in* ’ hricn Vi,?, Jrfißßyv:. Ltiwayar. rr.:;;-;;;, a. . id;i,vi;vhii, i=s insUpofsdeiiOQ pi}4 :a fi-■■¥.= ML aiUirSFais 1 arsQ tifid -.i:\ao, ii;-:- iawavdijf is u : ashihiii’a i.sttßv: j • “s* I CV-':A of Pile fnPp'ii ?3Sg£i;**fteis. BlyJ >8 ' ' ijoiitiegl vM'iivS IS fthga Issd Uft§ V^ati ©attain 3m*i o‘Q?a#. wish iiHri Baas f-s lua pasgreis mw Qsfmm at jsa". j.aar, fifositjef i«v J.aabfs j a ths 8f Pob*= 18838 sided !f@6, , : ::-...=f . fgsrs . , ikc 4 fu’.ia peu iet ’i wit;; . teiMi I.■■ r V iblg ■ ;"i •:■ p-c v‘!e rffpga^ b. .■*;« varibiis , •'■••si iu ; ••; r . . i>nv3r;,!cer.i ; ; ijtdeiii Shisgif,;! ; siiitc;,-. in Ng- : r_ib.it .b IPJ!', };«, r»= aanf fa tr.Mt a .'eclv. -, .ft ■ . y M ~c .;ey *,i : •■be . i rj'-r-q -agsi«ii* ino j i" 11 • : it- >■ • iirri’ prjsapifg ffs:! i tyr- } ■rv ; ; : ip"- 1 ; n- r,\ scii'per; d lb ' ■ '•■•■ : • n! h : . ; .:V'.. '■•. >;R«S : -n H KW ' i;;: ff {. ; >« jteiiaf for Hussicn I ■' "b ;i - i:,dr!y.r y ,; 2 j 1 Latin per pu-oiac is no sin-eeure. biijcii pres:-a-e nt s» 5 ' ;i re usually short and snappy,' and ‘ a x -ud wall at their and a firing squad in front v- julij it (~> f ;, M r-occpted p*c:s----i'-o t;-| their carpuuth Amei::ca has bee a poted for the ntoteor+c rises and .falls o, : tho* biu;:merab]e Presi= and Dictators of its numerous republics. Cuba in a lesser degree has had its internal upheavals, and President Zayas is now striving t-o retain liis gilded chair of state by lighting with might and main the leaders of an insurrection which, according to recent advices, has broken out in h‘.s country. The rebels allege that he is most unjust in his rule and that ho has put all his relatives in high positions in the State. Dr Zayas. however, is supported by the United CTNIt of the new Peers created at the advent of the Labour Government to power in England was Lord Oliver, who was at that time Sir Sydney Oliver. He is one of the most interesting men in the new Government. Ho was born sixtyfire years ago, entered the Colonial Office in 1682, and achieved high distinction in that Depai •tment. I *. xwi.i MV*.*, w 0.J3 7 lie was permanent I Secretary of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and in 1917 he was appointed Assistant-Comptroller and Auditor of the Exchequer. He is qtn old Socialist. Nearly forty years ago he was Secretary cf the Fabian Society. He states tbat his recreations are c4 th© normal forms of loafing and dilettantism.”