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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 7

In yesterday's, cablegrams appeared a, reference ' by Sir Edward Orey: to" "superior per I .' eons, obvjously aimed at' Lord:Curzonj and the message: was'amplified by-the quotation of one of the various versions of'-the verse attributed to tho late Dr. Jowett, Master of Balliol (with: strict reservations both as to' language and authorship). A correspondent whor claims to know now forwards an -'authorisedwersion" of "the rhyme mode up nboiit ,'Lbrd ; Cnrzon •when he was at Balliol, Oxford, 1 ' as follows:~ .'.•'■'.•My name k;George Nathaniel' Cnrsqn', -, ■! I am a "most superior person;'-■■'. -. My face.is smooth, my hajris sleek; '/•' :, ~ I dine at Blenheim on(<? a week,: ; ' •■Benheim," adds .the correspondent,' "is the seat of.: the Duke of Marlborough, who was Curzons 'patron." ■' : ..'.. ■'::! ■■■■■ ■' - The Auckland "Herald," referring • to' the political situation, says; "Nothihgjcan be worse tor ;a country, than to have ; a: Government which feohv that it can do exactly as it chooses to .do without any regard whatever for. tho publio opinion which is. theoretically reflected and -made,: effective,by the criticisms and ae, tipns of. members of Parliament. ,'That this Parliamentary criticism has beep -'■ practically comatose, and that the Government has been consequently: extravagant .and; wasteful to .'an extraordinary degree, is.shown By tho extent of the retrenchments forced upon the Government by tho recent financial stringency,". After referring to the Government defeats, the paper BOM On to say; "And again we have the Hbubo stubbornly refusing to accept tho: official declaration that things are all right, in, a 'finah' cial Department scandal: where some things seem to have been very wrong. In this last matter wo regret to see thatSlr Joseph /Ward does not realise that Parliament has an, absolute right, without any violation of Departmental good faith, to assuro itself that its' Own servants are above suspicion, and that! its own anaotments aro boing carried out as it intended themto bo, carried out," ; ./. ~; • ; Don't miss the, theatre to-night just because your head hones. Stearns' Headache Cure drives away the pain quickly and makes you feel, as if you never had a Jieadaohc. Is. a box. ,--:•.• .. ',:..;:;,:-;;;.-;.:■': .':•■ '•/;« have seen Jones's wife. What is she like? Would you call her prottyf" Fogg—"l might if I wore talking to Jones." ~' First Doctor—"This is 1 a: most mysterious case. I can't make anything ,o'ut of it." bocond Doctor—"Hasn't Ihe ' patient anv monoyf .....'■ -,:/.,-.-:,..; ■ /. ~'