PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 132, 14 January 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

MEN AM) WOMEN OF TO-DAY

The Queen of Norway is the mo-t economically-atfred Omen in Europe. Her Al.ijeoty spends iIiUU per annum on dress.

Tiie amed motor-car, which >n one form or another has played an important pa.!, in t!ie war, owe* its incept on to Admiral Sir Percy Scott, now m charge of the gunnerv defence.-, ot London. Lord Sandon, who is reputed to he wounded, is heir to the rlarroby place, Norton House, Gloucestershire, which has no avenue or approach. Visitors drive owe the turf to the hou-o. whCil rises sheer out of the niirroundiiig grass. Tiie(';.ar at one time served as a private, submitting liiinselt to all the privations of the life of a common soldier. He appeared on the regimental roll as " Private X choias Komanoif, married, of the Orthodox faith, coming from Tsai'skoe Selv. The scores of Giaeomo Puccini, too famous composer of ".Madame Butterfly" and " La lioheme." are a miracle of illegibility, and there i» said to he only one man who can road the compos, or'.s m..miser pt, and he is employed by a famous Mil:;u firm of publishers, * * * Every member of the Italian Royal family is engaged in \v;\i- work. The K'ng and his two cousins, the Duke of Aosta and the Count ol Turin. are with the rrmy, while the Queen and Queen Mother are doing hospital work. Anothoi cons n. the Prince t'dine. is in command ot a submarine tiotilla. Mr. T. I\ O'Connor, who recently oe'obr.r.e.l his sixty-eighth birthday, is the only M.P. whose ghost has been .seen in the House of Commons. In lSi)7 "T.P." was away in Ireland, but Mr. Swift MacXoill, who knew nothing of his journey, looked across to see 'f his friend was in his place, and saw him sitting there. "T.P." was also -eeu from the Press gallery.

The King ot Bulgaria lias a crown that he has never worn in public. In lUU2 "Prince" Kordinand thought the t nie ripe for proclaiming himself King, and ordered a diadem from Brussels. The "Concert of Kurope" ordainihl othnw'se, and tlie crown was relegated to a cupboard until ll'O-**, when the Prince was elevated to kingship. Austria, however, prohibited Kerdinand's coronation, -o that lie has not vi 1 norn the crown pub'.ie'y. *** ' * llr. Bouar Law h one of the best clu'.ss players in the House of Commons. * # * Dr. Wood-row Wilson, the President al the ("niteel State*, started life as a ■:-boo!mastcr. The Czar of Russia i- a great reader. Among h ; < favourite authors are .luliv* v enie", Scott, K'pling, and Uohori ! cuis Vicvciinon. * * # Lord afethuen, the (Jovernor ot /.:.'!tr'. iKi-.-e--.-- among lis many decorations a medal given to him liy t. ■■ P.ie -i.in Humane Society for pui'iug a -.wr.dd-ho suicide out oi a cana:.

I ;•!'. MeKenna, Cli niecHor of the IS ■ I ! iiiiards at Cambridge, rowed now vi the Cambridge boat in 1.---7. and won li.e Grand and Steward-' ( up at i!- n- * * * ;,[■•. IS. Vr<v v : -aheihier. the weli known .south AlWan diamond pioneer. ba> offer, ii fJ'UU to each ol the liist i'oi:V South Aiiba.u. to win (be V.C.. and Mr-.. Henry Sidgwick, a!r. Pai.'our - Slie i- a -•■'- nti-t oi considerable roil ...u. b- big one of the iorem'.st men;beis of the British Avoeiatbm, and wii'i io;- eighiei n ve.ir - tiie pi ir.-ipa! o' X.wnliain C'olh-g.'. C.mhridge. (inrn Mary is a practical house- ;...- -pi i- in c ery ..eiise of :'• e word. She is ac uiaint ■ 1 with ■ ach detail r.i' tiie ur.;.-gomont of her household, an BiUkigiiaM IVnce he, caivl'ul ovgan;..:;o;.'!:;n. ;■< lined the Imipelmld ex- * . * . *

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