All Sorts of People

Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1905, Page 3

All Sorts of People

M 2,. Chat, J- Glidden ( 'Glidin' " would be more appropriate), who is lushing lound the would on a huge motor-car, is a poitly, piepobsessuig personage, who has seen mone ot the earth in the last four yeais than mobt tidvelleiis, bee in a lifetime. A Bobton millionaire, having conti acted the motor-car fevei, what else remained for him but to start out on an eight year*' iun, with only about half that term ot rush and rattle ovei. The Lance, having other notions ot the ideal Me, asked Mr. Ghdden whetlier lie did not tire of so much travelling. In reply, lie stated that he was just as keen on "this round-the-world proposition" now ah when he started out in London in 1901 • * * Still having doubte, we said "And Mis. Ghdden, does she not tne of the globular piopositiou?" "Not at all," replied the mn,n who has hailed the North Pole from his car , "she thon - oughlv eniors it. Wall, you see, we are always going thiough new country and new scenes, and nevei , if we can help it, do we go back on our tracks " That is the secret of enjoyable travel — seek scenes, that are new, and never letum to the hotel wheie the grain of the coined beef has been knotty, and the tea in the pot too weak to come out The Ghddens glide in the bo>ss English machine of the world— a twenty horse-powei Napier, the power of which can be judged locally by the fact that only the No 2 speed was used iii climbing the Rimutaka from Featherston to the Summit No. 1, ot top speed, is received' foi steeper inclines. They came overland from Auckland via Eotorua, Taupo, and Napier, in wx days, averaging comfort ably one hundred miles a-day, and they left Wellington for Picton on Monday to do the West Coast-Ota l a tnp to Chi l^tchurch, andi so on to Dunedm and the Bluff, from which port they take ship to Hobart and Australia » * • Mr. Ghdden was the fiist to motor across the Aictic Cuele, at bonie unpionounceable place m Sweden and he looks forwaird to motoring to the Bluff, the southernmost point in this hemisphere where the sport is piacticable As he expects to finisih his piesent tout of the world in three years, he is now engaged in mapping out a tour of Mar* in reply to a message receaved when he was motoring through the big telescope at the Lick Observatoi v. • * * Mr. Ghdden, who has been notified of lvs appointment as Special Travelling Commissioner of Highways to the United States Government, said that he was troubled considerably by a message that appeared 1 in an Auckland papei ot the difficulties that motorists must encounter in touring from Auckland to Wellington. They found none. As Charles J. said "No 2 speed was all we required." During the whole of the tour, from July Ist, the can- has only been, delayed one hour by a mechanical trouble, so Mr. Ghdden says The car onn tr—ftl alone a flat, good 1 road at a speed r " forty miles an hour, but when usin«? 'he Canadian-Pacific Ra'lwav Comrr 's track, in cnxwi.n 2 tKe Dominion (on special wheeK) a mile a minute was registered at t^'mes — ait least Mr Glidden says so and he's a man from Boston.

vf^atnck Galvni, an old New Zealand and Australian journalist, editoi of the 'New Zealand Mine^ Record," the official journal of the Mines Department, was m Auckland last week, letui mag, from a holiday spent at Rotorua and on the goldhekk. Mr. Galvin has an mteiesting stoiy to tell as to how Thomas Biaeken's 'God's Own Country" — now a New Zealand classic — came to be published in the frist instance. Mr. Bracken had Ions; been a journalistic and personal chum of his, and when Mr. Galvin was in Australia, editing the Yass. "Chronicle," wrote to him. from Melbourne that he had ]v^t produced whnt he believed to be the best New Zealand poem he had -\et wi itten He wanted to °emd it to the. Auckland "Herald," but feared tint the manuscript miVht misonrrv in the past office Would Mr G-alvin publish it, and let him have proof-slips that he could send to New Zealand" - yj&iptam Crebswell, R.N., C.M.G., is the new Naval Commandant of the Commonwealth, and lie keems to be the man for the job. He served foi thirteen yeais m the Royal Navy. He was wounded in action, and piomoted for conduct m 1872 whilst serving in the Straits of Malacca. He v^ as engaged in the suppression of the slave trade in the East Indies, and! did good service 1 , receiving the thanks of the Foiergai Minister. Captain Cresswell joined the South Australian in 1885, and was appointed Acting-Oommandant in 1891, and confirmed m thie appointment of Naval Commandant m 1893. He was made a C M.G. in 1897. In 1900 he was appointed Naval Commandant of Queensland, and commanded the Protector when that vessel went to China to ta.ke part in the operations for <roppressMis; the Boxei rismg ♦ * * sMi. Harold Brown, of the fruit and fowl nim of Messrs. Laery and Co., who man led Miss. Eva Lockie on Tuesday last, wab 'a Slug." This reads like the insult direct, but it is nothing of the sort. Theie are many whares of anama Ks between the Pinnacles and Point Halswell and "the Slugs" number among the^e. They aie slow-moving, Sunday creatures, which are fond of lying about in the sun near the water's edge, and are not at all averse to entenne; the «ca — when the sun is sufficiently strong. With long practice they have learned to smoke, and are fond of liquid sunshine. The Slug family has a kindly disposition, and the Brown one is proof of it One of the magistrate's court clerkfa at a Melbourne police court i^ a fullblooded Chinese, by the name o± Moy Ling. His pa is a Methodist parson, and Moy is looking forwaid to the tune when he in a magistrate, and can the flolen devil" up" for teinn-* If the Chinese influx into the Commomwealth and New Zealand continues, there is nothing to prevent their lepiesemtation m Parliament Wellinston/s Ne-wtown could supply some members, and tliere are «evei al Chinamen about who are old enough to become Legislative Councilloi s. Majoi -General Sn Edwaid Hutton, late Panjandtuin of the Federal Army, didn't take long to jump into the limelight when he got Home. Edwaid told a few of the public, at a daiwier, that Australia had adopted a moie complete. »-vstem of defence than the reht of the Empne. Curious, thang about this is that Sir Edward, previous to quitting the Commonwealth, went "bald-headed" for the Government and people for not going in for a complete system, for having no arms, no ammunition no nothnng. At a general inspection parade in Tasmania, two months previous to Sir Edivaid'is departuie, the "forces" were represented bv about twenty-five men.

vMii . C. R. C. Robieson, who won the Hutt Club's golf championship, and is a.cting-superintendenit for the Toiuust Department, returned fiom mi extensne tour of the thermal portion of the Auckland distinct la,st week, and) talks with feivid enthusiasm of some new wonders that are to attract the tourist of the future. At Orakeikorako theie is an Aladdin's cave of alum — just giioeeir's- alum — and 1 a white terrace similar to those covered by the lurid Tarameira eruption. Mr. Robieson is strong n the belief that the place will be a "star" place for toraists when its- wonders become known. * • * Rotorua «ab full of toumtb, faeedy business, men, and trout-n»hers. While scooting along the -shores of Rotoiti m an oil-launoh, he waved a friemdJly flippea at the ai lstocnatic camp of the Hon. Lieut. -Col. Coke and! Lords Lewisham and Alison. At the time the acting - Mipenntendtent passed Lord Lewisham was in the act of gaffing a lovely four-pounder. The titied party declare that they are having an awfully jolly time in New Zealand. * * * vjflr. Robieson, olad 1 in dumgaiees and wa-tai -tight boots, and armed with a candle, explored the new Ruakuri cave, near the framous Waitomo oaves*, in the King Country, and wa& entranced) by taie subterranean glories that were revealed. Befoue that part of the cave hung with slender, straw-shaped stalactites of icy purity is leached, the sightseer has to pass through the entrance cave of dirty broken rock, the flooi of which iis split by a veritable craok of doom, and, holding the light ovei it, one can catch the malignant gleam of an inky river rushing thioaxgh the earth with a sullen roar that keeps the cave chamber reverberating with its 1 acket and 1 the echoes therefrom. * * * is Mr. Robieson's opinion that the caves could be made a great attraction, but to do this they must be lighted with electricity, after the manner of the Jenolan Caves, in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. As theie is no outlet overhead, the effect of the carbon of candles and) torches is alieady noticeable in some parts of the caives. Returning to Wellington, he did 1 the "dream trip" down the Waneranui river from Tatrmaranui, and hated the wa.king - Ex-champion pugilist J. L. Sullivan appealed recently in an old-time character — that was to sell papers in New York streets, to aid funds raised foi the benefit of the widows of miui dwed detectives — and he netted a large sum. It was the first time that -John L had usold oapeis since he was a bare-footed boy in Boston, but lie had forgotten none of the tricks of the trade. . * * Lord Roberts recently returned 1 from Afuca, whither he had been to &cc the grave of hi*> son. Returning, he was the life and soul of the ship, andl the astonishing little man won the bridge tournament, deck quoits, and long jump' Likewise, he trolled a couple of lavs at eon certs, and danced with youthful viarour. But, he's too old to do any work now. Besides, he i^n't a Royal Duke. * • • v. Mr Button, of the Auckland legal firm of Buddie, Button, andl Co., was haled before the London magistrates recently. No crime, surely? No, not at all , merely as "a passiye_ resister," who Tvrotested against the iniquity of the Education Act. Mr. Butbon usedi the New Zealand edue&tiona,! system as an illustration, and said 1 that any inteifeience bv clerics with the schools wais a biearh of constitutional liberty. And we hope Dr. Gibb will see it just that way.

Mist, Aiabella Kenealy, L.R.C.P., L.M , etc., etc., has risen from her seat in the hub ot the Empire to say tihat the stupidest persons m the woild are those who excel in games. Eugene Sandmv has got a splendid cheap advertisement by denying it ait great length vi papers that care for Eugene's wiitmgs. We suspect Moss Kenealy wasn't beang heard enough of, and took this method of making herseilif known>. If one wants to have has or her raame silhouetted against the sky of famie, one has only to tell a "real good one," and it is done. For instance, if you averred solemnly, in all the London daily papers, that Mr. Ba.lfour had developed kleptomania, and was "seen getting away with the woolsack and the great seal, provided' yoai sieved your name in full, you'd be famous in the morning. * • ■• Captain Scott, R.N., the clever officer recently appointed to supervise gunnery practice afloat, knows something about land gunnery, too. Queer thing that he has been in the navy nearly forty years, and is still captain A prop os of the fact that he invented the gun carnages to take heavy naval ordnance into the field in South Africa, he took a thirteen-tonnen- up one of the steepest tracks in the Transvaal — and got stuck. Half-a-regiment of infantry and seventy span of bullocks tried to get that gun over the Devil's Kantor (office) on French's flying march to Barberton * • • Captain Scott, when the gun stuck, went to the top of the Kantor, and saw the enemy trekking across a big bare red lull — within easy range of his gun. if he could get it to the top. But, he couldn't shift it, although he emulated the most fluent bullooky that ever cursed a team out of a bog. It is history that the naval man sat down and wept while the enemy got out of range. It took three days, and cost fifty bullocks their lives, to get Scott's gun over the Kantoi. * # * Dr. Hera, the suigeon, whom a wildeyed New Zealand public is supposed to be looking for with axes, so as to perf Oil m an operation that shall not be bloodless, is not leally a very terrible young man. Although he may have said things he might have expressed differently in the press of his native land, he might very well take uanbragie at things that are sand about Germans by colonials, sometimes. One thing amuses us in his writings. He appears to smile inkily about the extraordinary habit New Zealanders have fallen into of washing themselves every morning! Such an accusation should be wiped out iii Wood — -we mean soap. We shall probably go on sinning against Germain canons of good taste by taking to the water before breakfast. * • • Who is Di . Hen z ? This indiscreet young man is really a benefa/ctor, for he is a skilful pupil of the great "bloodless" surgeon. Dr. Lorenz, who bas been wired for by millionaires all over the world to perform operations to rectify congenital deformities. Dr. Lot enz was the man who was sent for hot-foot to remould a limb for little Lola Armour, the only daughter of the great meat canner of Chicago. * • • Dr. Herz has had some remarkable successes in bloodless surgery in New Zealand, and the lame have walked after he has "pulped" misshapen muscles by physical force, and re-mod-elled them. Still, it's bad' for business to call the people of the colony in which he gets his living names, however facetiously, and, although he may now say we are the chief gem in the worldPs tiara some may still think he meant those early words he wrote.

t/Tenshun! Adjutant Stanley Haicousrt, Wellington Yoiunteei iJattauon, returned ironi tux montht> iuidougli labt week, looking exceedingly ht, and, thereto! e, weil. isumley has been on a trip to the Old Oountuy, and' lue> friend's whisper that it has not been a fruitless journey. He was acooinpaiiiled to New Zealand by an elderly lady and her charmiing daughter, and 1 Dame Rumour's buazen tongue clangs aloud tliat Stanley will very sooui be t>eajohtng out a "best man" and a boutontnaeue — the ingredients that spell evolution, to a single gentleman. The young lady, who is English, you know, is isaid to be plentttfully blessed with this world's goods. The Battalion's congi atulations, Adjutant ' Abomah (please pronounce it "A boomer"), who mil just miss the chandahers at His Maiesty's Theatre tonight (Friday), is taller than Seigeant Doo'ly standing on a candlle-box. In fact, the dusky belle from South Carolina is 7ft. fiin barefooted, but she never goes that way Abomah is eighteen and a-ha,lf stone in weight, and pan?: in. a ohuroh choir when she was a little girl who was bieger tin am the biggest big girl in the church. The lady is an earnest temperance advocate • « • Both Father Hayes and) the Rev. Leonard Isitt will visrt Ashbnrtou almost before they c^moaign elsewhere. "Tihe^ that a-Q whole need not a phvisioan. but they that are^ick." / "^ev. G. H. Mann, of "South," s>a.y& it's a good thing to be a Chinaman m New Zealand. Their morals are looked after, and they aie not allowed! to gamble. Then, he asks . "Did you ever hear of a white gambling den being raided?" Yes, there was one "athletic school" gonethiough by the police in Wellington once It is an occasion marked by the police with a white stone. The police could use the white stone mark for six 01 seven days in, this oity — -a stone for each den. And then they could start on the Chinamen again. * * * The comparatively new honorific "Her Excellency " for the wite of a colonial Governor, has not quite become acclimatised in New Zealand as yet. Lord Plunket, however, has begun to use it in officiaJ utterances, and we have the authority of Sir Joseph Porter, X.C.8., for saying that "official utterances are unanswerable." The public ear will soon get accustomed to the prefix, and its use become general. They have lone so described the wives of ruling Australian Governors Government House, by the way, is usually sensitive as to the proper use of the teims of honour. In the Onslow regime, the Governor and his lady were always desirous of being described a,s the Ea.rl and the Countess of Onflow, in older to distinguish them from any maie barons or baronesses who might happen to be around. Pressmen used to smile indulgently at the vice-regai weakness when hints on the pomt were wafted to them. • » Mr. C. M Giay, Mayor of Christchurch, is a bit of a wag, although he doesn't look it. "Blessed ls the chairman, who makes a short speech, for he shall be invited again," said he a,t a public meeting the other day. Rather might he say "Blessed is the committee who forget to invite the worried Chief Magistrate." Mr. Gray whose hair is that colour, on most public occa^ sions wears a wai medal. He foment for his bleeding country in the Maori War and carried destruction into the Maori ranks while stall at the tender age of sixteen. He is one of the shopkeepers affected by the early-closing legislation, and we presume like everybody els© affected, he doesn't close T Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria, considers a gentleman "a man who would rise in a crowded car to give his seat to a lady." But, the class to which Sir Reginald belongs would no more think of riding in a street car than they would think of dinine off margaune. A local lesident, who alleges knowledge of the Bnti.sh aristocrat, offers ten to one in "ponies'" that Sir Reginald, who belongs to one of the noblest houses in Britain, nevoi rode in a oar m his life. • * * The defender of Ellis, Senutoi Thomas Mason Wilford, lives for the hour. His latest hobby is the mo>torca.i, and he is the happy possessed of a beauty — the handsomest car that has yet scooted over the wood blocks of Wellington. Having bought a can in Auckland, Tom started in to take a nice little trip and this brought him all smiling to Wellington in as fast time as could steamboat and railway. He is quite enamoured of motoring, and calls himself names for not having gone 11 foi a car years ago. There is a good deal of the boy in Tom still, and there is nothing he delights in more than giving his friends and his friends' sisters a ride

A year or two ago beven 'Tommy" sergeants came out to New Zealand a^ instructors. If they return to then regiments, five of them will have to quarter in the ' man led patoh," for that number have taken colonial wives It will be hard lines for the colonial WLves, who powsibly won't have any overmastering desire to wash officers' socks for a living. / vChief Ramgi, during "official day," at the New Plymouth Exhibition, orated after King Dick had finished He asked the Maori people not to oopy the vices of the pakeihas — and yet his speech was almost as long as the Pre>mier's' Ra.ngi said that the best way to keep the Maori kiddies f 1 om the contaminaitine influence of the white was to build their own schools, and theii own Kine Dick nromised to "keeip the matter steadily in view " Van Biene, the so.ulful actor-' onl list, who has charmed half the w r orld witih his artistic performance in "The Broken Melody" (an adaptation of Tolstoi's "Kreutzer'is Sonata," is due shortly in New Zealand. The talented artist and a full company are bein,g brooieht oiut to the oolonv by Mr. George Musgrove foir whom Mr. Pete Huefhes (for somanv years with Mr. .T. C. "Williamson) will act. Pete's friends will be anxious, to know whether the bald 1 crescent at the back of his head 1 has in creased its damenisions sinoe' he wn,« Irn WellimprtiO'i with the gay and oriddv "San Toy" ait■fcractiion