HAPPENINGS IN THE CAPITAL

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1799, 3 July 1906, Page 3

HAPPENINGS IN THE CAPITAL

THE CANDIDATE FOR WESTLAND.

(By Penelope.)

1 Wellington. It is now decided that Mr Tom Seddon shall stand for the seat his father represented. A very large number of West Coast men came up the funeral, and have been strenuously urging one of the two elder sons to Captain Seddon has waived his claim in favor of his younger brother, and Mr Seddon has consented to Mr Tom Seddon’s being nominated. He is an immense favorite, and has much of the charm that even the late Premier’s opponents granted to the dead leader. Indeed voung Mr Tom Seddon—he is only 22, full early to begin political life —strikingly resembles a portrait of his father taken when a lad of eighteen. He has a very winning smile and a rather fas-

, cinatingly quaint trick of holding his head on one side. He has been studying for the law, and has passed some of his examinations. For some time he has been in the office of Messrs Findlay and Dalziell. Though very slim, he is a noted athlete and particularly good in running. lie reprented V ictoria College last Easter at the Athletic Tournament at Christchurch, and has always run in the old boys’ races at the Wellington College opo»fa Many -finnnidnr_ifc~a l _nitv for him to give up his profession at so early an age, for the thankless pursuit of politics. But there may be in Mr Tom Beddon as well as the mere facial likeness, a mental resemblance to his great father that will make this step a wise one ; time will show. AN ACTRESS AND SINGER. At the Theatre Royal last week appeared Madame Teamans Titus, who paid us some years ago a too brief visit She is an artiste of note, and impersonates as well as sings. She is plump and pleasing and daintily colored, and her face is so mobile that she can transform it from that of a child of three, reduced to tears because she has forgotten her recitation, to the features of a negress who warbles the inevitable coon song. A fine item was her delightful imitation of Madame Dolores.

Anderson’s Dramatic Company have been doing melodrama at the OperaHouse, and gives way this week to “ The Fatal Wedding,” the muchwritten of musical drama with its bevy of clever children. The thirty youngsters arrive next Tuesday. The greatest hit in the play is made by a wonderfully clever girl of ten who is called “ The Little Mother.” On Friday evening our Garrison Band, of which we are justly proud, gave a concert. It attracted a large audience, and was altogether excellent.

The delay of the Sonoma has obliged the management of th* Edison pictures to postpone the American films, but on Saturday night they presented a cinematographic view of the funeral of the late Premier. This has kept them busy night and day since Thursday.