MRS GORDON-BAILLIE. MORE ABOUT THE ADVENTURESS. HER NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCES.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 6

MRS GORDON-BAILLIE. MORE ABOUT THE ADVENTURESS. HER NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCES.

(A Christcihmujh paper has the following about Mrs (Joidon-JJaillie : -Like many other worldly-minded women she generally exhibited a stiong partiality for the elore;y ; and although q] i 0 landed in Dunedin it, was in the new Anglican Cathedral city that she first settled down and laid her . plans tor obtaining practical .sympathy lor the oppressed Hkye croftois. Shu was already occupying a splondidly lur nished house in a fashionable street when one day a famous globe-trot Lei arrived in Chris to hurch as manager of the 1 loyal Comic Opcia Company, which Ls now pertoiining in Adelaide. The &arne after uoc'ii he iec'ei\ed a call horn Mrs (Sordon Baillie, and on his asking in what way he could bo of service to her Ihe lady lephed that she wanted him to '•iun"hcr. The nian.inci, in politest term's expressed his sen-c of the honoui which his \i>itor de siicd to confer uj>on him, but stated thai it w.i- impossible foi him to comply with lie)' request, as lie made it a rule never to run anybody cle\eicr th.in Ininstlt. '• I Jut. 1 heal (I l)etoie 1 loft iCn^land Iliat \ou wui 1 uoing to run Phil Uobin.son," \lmatlvi'd ll'clady "1 admit, ' replied (he imiL'h tia\ciltd one, "that the gen'leinan you mention i- elovcicr than 1 am, but 1 am not <joing to tun him" Finding t'hal -he wa- ni»i. making much hcadwa\ , (he captivating .id\<. in vi c-h a^ked tlie modem I'h-ses what, he would adxise her to do Diawin'4 him-i It up Jo bib iull heiuht tin •ientlunen, who boast- of t.ho In 40-!, cut illation 111 the wOl Id, •Mid --" In the lii si pl,» c 1 would ad\isc you to eleai out of l lii— as soon .is possible. The inhabitants ot Chn-tt hmeti aie hono-t , but, -implc, nut to -a^ stupid. Though you would liaidl\ undei -l-ind it, thete aie people hoie moving in <jood -n-MotA who would not. e.iie lo \i-it a ia<!\ who allows heiscli to be .suminuned foi a milk -eoie, and who would con-id" 1 the obtaining ot e\pen-ne wine- without the sh^litc-t chance of benm able to pay foi them alittlc bet lei th.iii swuidlmi;. In Melbourne it i- quite dillcicut. People thcie aie nune liboial and enlightened, and would look upon v»ui little peciibaii t ie- a- nieie e< cent neities 0} genius ' Tlie lady seemed dcliyhted. Mie deflated that -he would lik< to <^<> b\ the \v\y tit -I I MtMUiei to Mich .i land of piomi-e. Would liei ad\i-ii lti\c !km a tew letter- of intro duction ' The heioof Ji\c continents, .-.isd he could not do ih.it. 1101 \\a- il ncco--ai> lv Melbouine llieie weie alw«i>--omc lai irr bcai t( d -oul- icady at <\\\y moment Lo -in ( 0111 1 lovclj Hnti-li female in diHti 1 — , ami, handing hi 1 1 can!, he added, "'iieic aie a few of them. On the emu weie mscnljcd the names of the two ( abim t Mini-teis, the leadum hiw>et. tin wily bank manager, tlie iail\. kilhiiLT -hmbioku, ihe icliable auetioneei, the -(<ie:\ editot, and the othet -\ mpalisiii 1 : who, \iiy -oon alti'i .-he l.mded in Mi'll)om nt , -uc (limbed to the iru-i-tible blamli-hiiieut-^ and ojKind then pot ket- to Mis- Bic.ce I alia- Sutliei land, alia- Mis (Joidou-Bailhc, j UVAI LOMHi v CAREEH. j The " People.- -joi.inal ' i Dundee) pub { hsliesthe following . Fium <i pei-ual oi the I "Times" of 51-t lauuais 1877, undet the heading of "Polue New-,' then- will be .-ecu an account of a M.igi-teiial im[utry Avhich took place ;it the Mansion Ifou-e the ! da\ bctoie it.-j)ccting t haige- auain-t one 1 Kate Miller, wlk was biou^ht up on a J wanant. uhich included the name of a ,Mi--101 Mi- l>iuce, mil 211 custody who Iweie accusei! of con-piiing to defi.uid j a numbei of me: chant- of their waieFrom one -ilk mocei weie olu.ii ued, lit 1- -aid, to the amount ot C2OO, while h^ held older- 1 loi the supply of othci I .11 tick -to the t \L mi tof WOO A pm.t\oi !of ImI"i ( \ linen appealed complaining of . h.nin^ been demanded of <^oo(3- to lliL extent of L' 47 10- Amonu the other 'com-plainei-a -tationei appe.ued who had be< n induced to -uj)pl> de.- patch bo\e-. ttc to i (he\alueof L'so. Dniing Ihe cxamin.i 1 ion \ it came out that -ome of hei cicditoi- iiad ' learned th.it a <_ri llleman lirid aheidy 1 matci i.i'lv a--i-tei! Mi— <)'_;il\ ie P.i ik i, in hei dill'"iilli^-, and Jhc\ appealed to hnu ( o -cc it Ik wou'd not <'oin^ ro !ic; aid lie. now e\ct. ;t--tie<! tlnin ih.it lie had ahtads I p,u tetl >\ it h Lo.ooo. aim ilu> w a- a- innt '. a- ! lie cnuld -iv hi- u',u lo pai I with 111 t \\< l\c ! mo.iti 1 -. Ml the " 'l'lliH- ol 21-t i'el>! 11.11 \ , I 1877, . 1 eontuiiu d a< count ot the iiujuhn 111 I t hi- e.i-e j- l;i\ f!i, w h^i c it 1- dis< io-od 1 li.il i \li-- Onih 'c f>i ucc had

I'OSLD AS Til 10 DAUCIIIEK OF AN HAUL, and 1 li.it -he \\ .1- about to he ni.ui 1011 • ,\\\(\. i luithei, tli.it (lie uhol" liv ni^liMi"- mi i lie hoii-e oeeupied In li' l \\"ir h( r msr, :n<! 1 iiuoncumh' le'l. A cvitilicato ot niatiiajje I u,is ptoduecd showing that .it I lie le I "t-Lr.'n s oliice, M.uylehom, on Isl Nnvem I bei , 137 C, one Annie ()r;ii\ le l>i nei had Ih i n | uiairied to Thomas \\ U\{<\ Ihe \\itin*>M -, to the rcionioii) hemu K;ilo Millci, tlu-j,ii'-oner in (ho duck, and oiu* Lnc\ Munay. Thoni.ts W'hito was j)i u\od to he a piofcs^i'in.il w lio ap pi'juvd on the stave a.- I\li Kni^ln \>ton : and Mi lloni\ I^i c Tolici. who i-, do-' ■_: natal ot I'lowdcn liuildiii'^.s ami ot Lhe iii-ii P»ar, boie testimony tJi;i)» he li.ul ni tna^i'd Mi-^ Ogih ie Hiucc'^ a!laii^, and ho ua-. awaic that Mr Thunitw White and Mi Knight Aston wcie idont'cal In fioss-e\amin,i Lion, t his wii.ness admitted beiny employed in the (apafiiy o\ a '-ociotfirv and cone-> pondont. and alleged that, dnrinu nine month-, of 1876 he had paid away on behalt n\ tliat lady hotween L"5,000 and C 6.000, and for w liir h he iield i cceipU... Xotvvith standing Uu->e tuiiiNiction. 1 - ho had icoeiv(>d no .Hilary, and wa^ duo a Mini ol £ ( JO. This witness wu- awaie t<ha(. Ali^s O'j,il\ic Brnco iC]> Obcnled hci^clt to be the tlfiii£rhlor of 11) l l ( >ml of Moiay, but lie stated that that nobleman had denied the fact. At this diet of Conrt bail was lixcd tor the prisoner Kali Miller m a Mini ot j C3OO. \X\v\\, «a> the nltiniato clisjio^ul of 1 the mm 1 the police in Rdinhui^h ha\e not diioovciod. In the issue ol the " Time-* " lor 24Ch February, 1877, a slioi t paiauiaph is published which >>ives a denial 1,0 the stafoinenfc made by tlio n'itnc.s.s Tollei regarding his connection with the Irish Bai.

Chorlcy, the musical critic oi the Athcn- ; ,cum, anxious to propitiate Rogeis the poet, once asked him, " Wore you looking tor a scat. Mr Rotors?" "No, sir," replied the old man, staling him full in the face, "J was trying to avoid yon." T'other day a Sydney butcher was asked for a (leruian sausage, and handed the customer a black pudding, " What d'ye call thihV asked the customer. "This ain't a (Jcrman sausage." "Yes, it is,'' replied the butcher. " Tt's in mourning, you sec, for the Jlcmueror." It is now Katz iytnhk Rabbits ! Dr. Kat/. an export, has been appointed to .-supervise the rabbit exterminating experiments: in New South Wales, lioth in New Zealand and Victoria, cats have done good work in evterminatin^- rabbits- ; but Kat/. and microbes to'gcthcv should leave not a rabbit in the colonies. i