Personalities.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 148, 25 May 1893, Page 10

Personalities.

Mr Booth, the new R.M. for Onehunga and. out districts, will not take up his duties till next month.

His old friends will bq pleased to learn that Mr Mick Gallagher, the popular boniface, returned from Sydney by the mail steamer. His wife accompanied him.

Mr Harry Evans of Sharland’s did all the work in connection with the getting up of the recent dinner.

Mr Pollard, the well-known Parnell J.P. and football enthusiast, was terribly disappointed when his district went down before City last Saturday.

Young MacFarlane, who went down to Samoa to work on the opposition paper, is stated to have given it up and gone on to Honolulu.

According to the Pall Mall Budget Mrs Cooper-Oakley, the disciple of Theosophy, is identical with a Madame Isabel, the bonnet builder of Bond-street, and who also started a novel little restaurant.

His Honour Judge Conolly referring to ex-Detective Hughes' case in bankruptcy said, ‘ All I know is that the Government have lost in Detective Hughes a good officer.’ This should go a long way towards his reinstatement.

Sir Maurice O’Rorke intends contesting the Manakau seat against Mr Buckland.

Mr Tom McEwin’s burst of oratory at the heated meeting of the Poultry Association was straight to the point.

The Waikomiti Murder Case has proved a perfect ‘ chuck-in ’ for the Star, and the way it pandered to the morbid tastes of the public was simply disgusting.

Major Kemp nearly lost the number of his mess the other day by swallowing a linament given for an old wound, in place of the proper draught intended to be taken.

The actions of Mr Grosvenor, some time Secretary for the Poultry Association, were pretty severely handled at the meeting a few nights back.

Signor Paddy ‘ Dorani ’ has struck oil with his Saturday evening entertainments, and he deserves success.

Mr J. S. Bond, the Mayor of Cambridge, is at present in Auckland on a holiday visit. « # » '

The serious state of Mr Motion’s health is causing some alarm, and in any case it is not at all likely he will resume his seat on the Education Board.

Mr C. D. Whitcombe, formerly connected with the Auckland Press, is still located down at Tonga.

Host Panter, of the Waverley, has been having some great fun with his customers standing on a specially prepared mat charged with electricity. . * # *

Ask Robinson, of the Herald, about that Electric Bell with the button. The great ‘ Archibald ’ thought his dignity was assailed.