Personalities.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 413, 14 April 1904, Page 6

Personalities.

SJOBIK Arthur *ho; acting ae High Commissioner of mpih §a| iAiwca' in -tire absence of Lord vahf *bf the State, mtm tweWmpntbse Gtoveffiof h a ;'ha¥'wen.. ;.gw»fc; : favour with the rugged farmer et of would be, required to earty out, < In th® "fieldiMbf weafcMlia -he gained an e%iri-„ tne- f wayMfew fcEttgiEl r sm*mS«bf »fige«4a aH bgdodsid tbeCal&nyzj One d&ythecaae fas , flttj of ofb&figoldfifdi the law roto "their own hands., Thia I"* the scene fhis ■i-SffluenW Hjaaeffeotaithe^world;now 'knowß. '-The j pasfawattata; found in himan una weaving ike tp^swea>s|by 5 tßaron Fafnham/ belongs"to ; a nouse 5 ayfifcti^laryinitfaiiriy :, Bpm#^ o Jrffe| f l?SdKfjPMßieA,o| m thai the. holder of Vket title should newer and, aa a matter of fact, it has only*''ojnoa bees^o w »alf«itT6r- , !rarlig the fait the ' family curse,'died a terrible deiittS , ".Eel 'and ffiH»ife&iKtf»Stiio o* the thilfcy* three persons killad at Abergele, in 1888, . petroleum-laden goods train, and;.the, pas' * t fnlfiknieM ol | ytfee g»^9flpma-a4r,egtecy ( taofcplafi|ritt'l|asy the barony, atfaioebT hie majority 0 in <• i •i sfoJB ' w^9^# f{ ip?a r 4«tewfew Biftstic, :i ws» barejf,».ende3i ' ! !#*%idym^eiMff i # m d#WdlLe ■ courage Sm ■■&.&%&&> ffi to , i-jnarry-into affikonse associated' witijt*« if ofsl P ome%jwh]ioh, B ithonghjctinl^ traditional/ has so .pereiateatTy^psofven ~:■.Me E. 9v Pretymaa, the new Secretary , to,^!i,e <c Ad»iraJtiy,,,flnpceeded (SfeAualen . .Chamberlain.three,,,ypajs ago}CiviljL6rd. i «wy Piety man, who. nw, a head for 4gnr<fef - is ■ j Chancellor' of the J Exche qbef sdme' day. j FprtuHe«,hajs beJßnkgopd>itoivhim,< »i His f .njacle,, .Cplonel ; o?i Qrwell P4rf; ; il%, other _jrel«tiv»g to * inagqificent property TfHieb I iaitoowhic^"-This eSme'nncldPit was Who, sent-up &biflj wOTkmeii>;to-i VDtfwe, ! < then Chancellor p| the, beseeching him to;. coijDt ssss wqrth', p|. , wjhlch theiif hiaater had, arid so save them, Jeom ; 'atartatioriv 5 -To t'hiB ,Ji the •- a , man has, eeljjfasd one bntcheri will it, he, does not take it home again , .arid say ~that v ,the batcher'hasipreTOnpd l i hie; Celling 'it*. i He 'takea 'it to the .other butcherß'Slinfil JMffffd Jk .sells itfoihimJ* The 1 -Colonel coold nofcimatch the Cbft'feellor* but Toe .beat watfer from one, bp|6eiryencampl©enti s 'Captain' aPretyMhfsieilhle greatigrandson ioff the< fetoi? 5 hie Mends day ihat theabilityofithejariceafefhas «oine dpwn.to the present generation} -1 P ' oli ( * MiEQmfS' BUTE \ I U HJ-Thfe' yoting of Bate, gone a to! [Hungary to er-ior big gaine :; shpQ,ting;w.i.th,,hii "m&i Qount SjCiuricsj Esterhazy, has hii : ;Bporiing i taß:teB j J'rbk''hi& father, 5 waoiracri* bably neTer.firediia.guninAia,li£e. He; did once, when a youth in his teena, go out huntiagr"alrtheinst*ntsra£d in the coinM of „ but he came to. grief at his first fenpej" and never mounted a horse afterwards; His only • eiercisr waa #aiking, and he delighted to disdonrse on historical, antiquarian, 13Jiturgic.aU dor paFohicalinattars, l which jnterest { o£ li|el The lat# peer inhißrited a ▼aluablaiibrail* 1 ' ~a"6w'at St. John's- Lodge, in together Wf> %W iamoWi' ancestorviithe Prime fijiniater, ; aad ! fdr, -merly Luton: Hooin Bedford.|Mp. ~A bsm of unlimited means, hf added. jMkwP hi& the resdlfc being that hif ; bo6k¥ r accumuktedin London,at Cardiff Castlej -Mount-,-■.atuart, and.his other plfeoea> numbered at his .death rsomethipg like, a garter,of! a J; million The Jawp of hefedijby are inexplicable, and iiis eldest' 'soft whe. r haa«inheritedt (With.lanehi el|e ;iheseiinnttQier»ble bookar will KprobabW 1 never, care ; >to, open any,:pi r thj»m»=' Sport and travel aire go far hiaoniy.taateßfc.but" he ia thought by those who know him bpst to have ■ucceeaej|alsb to'thellb'uaineaa" inatincta and abiiitiea which*were conepicuouß characteristics both of his father <a^d,bis.grand|atiier. 0 :> f ; ;^ ? ;'" f iv \^' : '" ; :GENEEltil^Blli', ; '' f <? " !'-■* :,i Sir yeha-McNe'iU,'V.Q', hal zeiin aa much of our little wars aa most men of his time. He entered the Army fifty,, y,fi ; ars,ago, and fought tthrough the Indian MuKny, wlijile he alp went though :; the Maori; campaign, the'. Bed Eiver and 'Aahanti 1 ( : 1873.'4) Sipeditiona, being'"'Veryj. severely wounded in the later, and'finally .in the, Egyptian (1882) and Soudan (1885) .expeditions. ~He;,,was.: a c ;f avourite,..with .Qaeferi Victoria,;to .whom,.he acted as' equerry. He nadi by' the way,' one blood** esa- in 1866;dtiririgg the Eenian troubles, when he : commanded ;the t; Tipperfiry, Flying Column.. Itiwas' during.the Jl»pri war that Sir John, then a colonel, won "the Victoria Cross by an '■Wit of gieat devotibri. He and a trooper had bßen'watching the enemy when' they .werer suddenly attacked by< fifty man. ! T h>y put spu^s;.,-to, their steads,.but that ,oi l the trppper fell, and its rider, whoa'e death at the moment appeared certain. Colonel McNeill, however, aeeine the' man's plighti''rode back,in the face o£,a, withering fire, caught; the;horse, and bfilpecj.the map, to, remount.:. By great good luck both the Colonel and hia trooper eM6aped' frbm the of deal scatheless

uf MAEGHIONBSS: OF ORMONDE. r,/fishe JUa'ohionesg.j.wasithe favourite 4ft*B h fo? °, J the,late.,Puke of Westminster, and shares the r beauty for which all %he ladies of the house of Governor are celebrated.''Kilkenny the famous old home :of the Butlers, is/a delightful j place. ,^Athia'uthe;Caßtlei,ar ; e ii treaßnrj?&, of ;all sorts suffiaient to ft king'B.palape. But, that" clings about the heirlooms stored in the castle, theie is nothing more magnificently Irish than an accidental geidi; sS ! to' ajieak*Which occurs without''the ca#l6 wills 1 ., ft is, perhaps, the most perfect specimen qf an Irish .Mbull^ever ' j&poh a marble tombstone it has its place' :' '[', ' " Thie stone ie erected by Johja Tool, j