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Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 167, 21 January 1873, Page 7

A serio-comic writer in the Adelaide ObWW, referring to Mr Charles Todd, C.M.G., companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. '»'fge,) the Superintendent of Telegraphs in outh Australia, says :—I bethink me that I am loyal subject, bound to respect, therefore, those ™mMajesty honours ; and when our gracious ma bestows the dignity of C.M.G. upon the «o of the day, who am I that I should detract [»mhis merits out of the simple acerbity of my "'age temper ? In sooth I cannot resist so propf an appeal. I revoke my sneers, and consulate my Todd once more. I do not ask, w some innocent operator of my Banjcewangie What is a C.M.G. ?" for the'initials become j^Celebrated Magnetic Genius in many ways. MB he first mooted the sclieme years ago J? thought he was Coming Mad Games, but j j""'c! rolled on, and he still proved Constant tie Mighty God, they gave his notions pracWeftect. His first organisation was worthy ."Competent Military General, and when at •'lnvent forth himself. Closing the MemorZr?" 1 tbe North, and then returned, Cros%m Mysterious Ground that Stuart first ex"M. we hailed him as Completer of the Mira"os Girdle, Connecting the Mercantile. Globe, *wuß Conn, elling Much Gratitude, although ratbe way he has brought London, and oven ""ancisco to our doors, he may also be de- "''«! as a Confuscr of Modern Geography "J hope that the Parliament will be all the wto recognise his merit, inasmuch as he 'ever shown himself Covetous of a AJunifi- "' watuity. ttold lady, hearing somebody say that the i, | « rev ery irregular now-a-days, said : "It ) ? em S » in m y y° un S flays-no trusting