MR WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4870, 3 July 1901, Page 1

MR WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Writing to the 'Sydney Morning Herald,' Mr H. W. Lacy says ii — In theHouse of Commons the event of the week has been the speech of Mr Winston Churchill on the Army Reorganisation Soheme. He, in his hereditary, modest fashion, proposed to open and. lead off debate with .an amendment condemning. Ihe scheme. The Leader of the Opposition interposing, he naturally gave way. Having prepared his speech, he delivered it, and. has the satisfaction of reflecting that it totally eclipsed Sir H. Campbell Ban* nermatfs effort. It was indeed excellent, alike in matter and in form, and has established the position of the young member for Oldham as a debater who would have to be reckoned with whatever Government is in office. Probably a Government composed of his own political friends have most to apprehend. One priceless equipment Mr Winston Churohill has for a Parliamentary career is a phenomenal memory. In delivering his speech the other night he was evidently fatly equipped with notes, bub he dldvjiot use his manuscript for the purpose of reading a single sentence. I happened to si( next to, him at lunoheon on. the day after his triumph in the House, and mentioned an .incident that struck me in course of delivery of a a speech of nearly an hour's duration. Quoting from the letter his father wrote to Lord Salisbury on the eve of Ohrißtmas, 1886, resigning the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, I noticed that when only half-way through the reading he dosed the- book and recited the closing pasaager. ' Yes,' he said, ' I thought it would be easier to recite the letter than to read it from, a book held in my band, so I learnt it off,' He added that his speech, which, fully reported, filled three columns of close print, had all been written out. He had committed it to memory, and, though having the manuscript at hand, delivered it as if it were an extemporaneous effort, a delusion artfully assisted by. the occasional interpolation of sparkling sentences referring to points made by speakers preceding him through the evening. 'If,' he said, * I read a column of print four times over I commit it so perfectly to memory that I could foithwith recite it withon) an omission or error.' ' " How we kept the Flag Flying," defence . of Lidysmith, by Donald M'Donald, war correspondent, is given away with' Book jGfif l Tea. A plea for little men for the British Army is being made by Deputy -Surgeon General W. Cardon Boss. In the use of, the battleaxe and shield big men were necessary, bat fn modern -warfare stature counts for little, and iB rather a disadvantage. He suggests that. sft should be the standard height for mounted infantry and light cavalry. . „ r THE MOTHER'S FAVORITE. ' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the mother's favorite. It is pleasant and safe for children to take arid always cures. • It is intended especially foe coughs, colds, oroup and whopping cough, and is the best medicine made foe these diseases. There' is. not the least danger in giving it to children for it contains no opium or other injurious drug and may be given as confideptly to a - babe as to an adult. For sale by R. 8. Poison, chemist, Lawrence, Price Is 6d,