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NZ Truth, Issue 79, 22 December 1906, Page 7

The Brough-Flemming Company- open at Her Majesty's Theatre m Auckland, N.Z., on December 26, play a few smalls, then boom up m Wellington and Dunedin, and hark back to Sydney, opening at the Palace Theatre at Easter. A man named Byng, a sailor off the ship Port Logan, is described by the Commonwealth authorities as a prohibited immigrant. Although a bit frizzy rheaded and hot lilywibite he is said to be a descendant of the Admiral Byng whom a grateful English nation lovingly shot on account Of services rendered. The Byngs seem rather an unfortunate family. Sir Sam Gillott, who has been on the whine, and chucked up his political job since John Norton gave him some plain statements of fact, has had a very good boodle-boring business m his legal firm of Gillott, Bates, and Moir, of "lollins-street. Melbourne. Originally he formed one of a strong '1r.;./. shark" combination m William-street— Gillott, Croker, Snowden, and Co. The great libel case of Speight v. Symo helped to raiso ructions m the firm, which became too cumbersome. The engrossing clerks were worked up to a state of mutiny by the introduction of a lady typist, who was tucked away m a corner on the first floor. The partners' used to be tumbling over each other on their way to the lady "slap-banger" with drafts to be typed. At last there was a break-up. Snowden took Neave, a junior, partner, and established the firm of Snowden, Neave, and Dema.re m Chancery-lane. Gillott took Bates, anotßer junior partner, and Georgo Moir, the managing clerk. ..When Moir was admitted to tho profession on long service as a managing clerk, he was taken into the partnership comprising the firm as hereinbefore described. W. H. Croker stuck to tho blue stone building m Williametrcet, ami went on his own as a successful high-priced lawyer.