PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 138, 8 February 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

' Milton, or a place m the vicinity possesses a; parson named Fairmaid. Dan and lots of other tlriiogs;, in N.Z., has taken a pub m George-street, Sydney. •' * '■'*••.- Christopher. Scott, solicitor, of Raett'Mpis^-tfdSrouble. Periurv is alleged against^ the. -gentleman by Act of Parliament. He is to appear before a Wellington beak to-day (Saturday). * *■..".■■■ Tom Wilford is famous. He is spoken of at Fuller's as a sort of m- 1 dividual who talks a blanky lot. If Tom does . talk, it, ife always with some effect, as many an occupant . of the criminal dock knows full well. Looped the loop ohce.too often did J. C. Carter, who, as "Diavolo," successfully performed, m. New Zealand a few years back. He took a ■ risk at Singapore a short while back ; result a broken neck. It was inevitable. Magistrate Graham, of Dunedin, seems to have a great and deep love for the mongrel Mongols, whom he describes as an inoffensive people. And this from a magistrate.. If 'this is 'a sample of magisterial knowledge, God help anybody who leans on magisterial wisdom at Dunedin. a, n. * Pure-boy Bligh has come to New Zealand to stay, as he finds the boy of the Dominion wants a lot of preaching to over his pernic7ous practises. Anyhow, Bligb, has had Rev. tacked to his name, and this gives him another pull m the purity* line. What a paying game it must be '. * am •A. Campbell, wheelwright, of-Law-rence, and known to Milton people, as the talented tenor of the Lyric Quartet, has quite unexpectedly come into a fortune of £20,000 through the death of a relative at Home. Attached to this also is a tea plantation oS 800 acres m Ceylon. Mr Campbell intends to dispose of his Lawrence business and visit the Home Country immediately. * * « More police sergeants appointed but none m Wellington. What's up. Aren't there any on the Commissioner's staff Who "deserve" promotion. The next move, no doubt, . will be to make the sergeants inspectors or Commissioners, or something. Anyhow, when is Dinnie going to . give up -his, . constabulary . ghost ? He. ought to recognise now what a.brilliant failure he has been.. ■ ■ - a '. ■ as a A tray-trapper of the Methodist variety named Flanagan, who is travelling m these parts for the good of his- health and his pockets, struck ; Temuka t'other day, and paid a trib- i utte to the behavior and morals of , New Zealand. He, said be. had seen ; nothing of-, which .either he or New i Zealand might be ashamed.'" "Fie on j you "Flanny," leave New. Zealand ;alone. It's often hard to shock -some ! devil-dodgers. The Criminal Courts ; just now. sitting-: show what. New.Zealand is ashamed of. : . ; .... a . . .. at ■■ . ■ .. a --■ - . Jimmy Calders, lately retired oper-i ; atQr-.at ISfapier, is a veteran m the ! lightning jerking line. He was the fii'st cadet' sent out from the learn- , ers gallery of the Post and Telegraph Department. In 18G9 he was at Port, Chalmers, and from '71 to '74 he was postmaster at Waipukvrau and m '75 he .was sent to the Opunake transmitting" station, where j Wjirimu Kingi's people were trouble- ' some- He stuck to his post through thidk 'and thin, and then he - -received j official thanks for his bravery m the ' circumstances. Jimmy has been re- : tired on his own request, and . "Truth" trusts the veteran will live ; to a ripe old age and that the pension will be drawn on. for ma-ny # . a j day. Pressmen 'm this Domjinion have had much to thank Jimmy for m his official career. m •* m ' The curse of money again. Janies Topham., aged 56, butcher," of Sydenham, Christchurch, felt the want of it pretty keenly latterly, and decided to rid himself of worry and the world, and try his luck m the next. Xnd the way he went about it possessed something of the element of novelty. Instead of going to the Add'i-riigton sale-yards a~ his' wife thought, he intended doing, Topham quietly went down to Sumner and climbed the hill. Getting into a J little gully he cooly cut a varicose .vein m his leg,- and waited for the end. According to Dr. . Irving that would arrive m about a quarter-of-an hour. The : ground all round where the body was found by Sumner Town j Clerk Stringer showed pools of blood. There was a letter m deceas- . cd's pocket-book addressed to his wife, Maggie Topham, m which there were remarks of a very pessimistic character. His one great regret at leaving the world was that he had so utterly failed to make her happy. Well, Topham didn't improve matters m that connection by taking his life and leaving her to battle through life on her own*

Arrived by Moeraki last . Thursday under engagement to the Fuller" Cir-r cuit was Miss Eva Lee and the two piccaninies. The two pics, aire a unique turn, their boxing act being the best yet. * * *..'. Victoria's Chief Justice, Sir John of the waxed mo-, was .greatly.- Jm-! pressed with the beauty 0% . 'parks, etc., at Christchurch, and said. lie did! not think much of the7_J6rth I§land fc and couldn't imderstahd.it.beiri'g call-, ed - "Gawd's Own." Anyhow■•.ie'vKasin't got that all on his own. Did; Sitf John, sample King Country w-b-sky*'?: The resignation Of Sir' WilUani Owen, Chief Judge m Equity of TNiS.' Wales, is not unexpected. 7He>: wbtridiv have resigned long-ago; only he wa#v appointed Royal Commissioner m ttfe/ Land Scandals Enquiry, which .Wouridi up" by W. P. Crick, ex^Minigtcr:' of Lands, being held guilty of corruption and being struck "off the roll of solicitors. . . ,: ; * • ■ A purely personal "par of some in-» terest reaches us from the Seddonprison establishment^ where thesgen- :- tlemen m grey 'strongly "object to etr shark Izard being . fed on poultry and otherwise being treated as a persdn o^ distinction. Anyhow, Iz„rd has . go> 7, a long time to go yet, and if he gets a fowl or two honestly, of course, good luck' to hirii; The line, howr ever, must be drawn at trout. .■ _ * * * Clerk of Wellington S.M. Court, A. H. Holmes, is a much travelliiiflj man. He is here to-day and. v g<__« to-morrow. He' is scouring the Dd* minion picking up points ou bo.w fai run a Court, iust as if anybody' cOuU teach A..H. H. anything in 7 that line. Still, Mr Holmes may find his tripd profitable, and put the Wellin»toii Court further ahead than it is Of aaV other temples of Justice m New Zealand. The Microbe, alias Mr Frecth, rev cently appointed editor of the" iy U.Z: Times," is now said to be managia^ editor, and he has set out to reforot things. First,, he stopped, the staß from taking a paper, hoping to sea& up the circulation. Then he tackled, the various departments, and 7t_o. various departments tackled Freeth, ami the result was the Microbe craw lei , down. Anyhow, nobody sings "He's a jolly good fellow' * down Lam-_t__t Quay way . now . .7 • • «.•»-- . W. P. Crick is a don't care Sofct q£ / cuss, apparently, and take, things*. easy considering the hard row* : ha ; has, had to hoe. His appeal, against the' -N.S.W-. ' Full "Court foi? -str iking him off. the roll -is to be heard by the . Privy Council some time m Juijj ; or, August next, and though . previa jously announced that he was' going •to England to personally prosecute. liis appfeal, it lias since .been "sjtateil j that his presence will not be needed^ :In addition to that very important appeal; Mr Crick is'also ' fighting tiiet ! N.S.W. Government .. re his expulsion: ■ from the N.SyW. Parliament. whiclV the same Full Court declared illegal* but which the Crown have appealed a-jt gainst. Crick has set up alandagenr. • cy, and despite ' the 'strcnuousness pl \ things generally, he recently annbune? intention of 7 holidaying m Ne^i Zealand, returning m time to see,.his- ■ horses, Collarit and Borodino, facet at the Autumn meeting.. . . -.- ' \f ..' ** • .• •- .." ;■ • — ■ Ada Crossleyis no new chum. in this matter, of advertising." As : is now ! well known she has been engaged "bf. 'Mr. J.. C. Williamson for an. A list ra* : l'i-an tour, and already the 1-lQm.ti pap* i ers are teeming witli "little ahec-' : dotes" of Ada, and these will ; m V,du» course be walloped into the paper's oh this side of the world, and— well, ; there you are. She tells of her Nev/ Zealand travels, and how fin xhtf I??* 01 * iang-uage, she gave, theni i "Home, Sweet Home. The "Musical | Journal,", m an interviewi.with $sj„* t j says that tjie effect upon the 'Maoris ' I present was electric. ':.; They • shouted and danced about m a i perfect .Ire^ij. of -delight, following this up. br showering a quantity cf strange, eut-of-.the-wav gifts upon the stage, man* of vfhieh I keep among my treasures t» this' day, such as bags and fans mads from the -feathers of the extincfc Hjiiii bird. Talking of the Maoris, • re* minds me of another of my jourpf^s through New Zealand, when at nianf stations en route numbers of th«g« people, were waiting to give .m* 7 _a welcome. At one of the stations they came crowding round my carriage window, asking for flowers from mv bounuet which I was carrying. Aii old Maori, however, refused thei flow-r 1 er that I offered him, and, poiitting to my hat, asked for one of the a.ptj* fieial flowers m it When -asked why he would not have a real fioWeiJ from the bouq-uet, he replied tlja^t h# preferred the artificial bloom, "be£ cause it would live when the oth«_ floWers were dead." There you are! The last Australian trip of Ada Crossley was managed by penwoiu { a^i Agnes Murphy, a pastmistrcss of a<& vertising matters. It now really looks as if Agnes had transmiftejl^ that art by the jugful to Ada,; %•-"'