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People We Hear About.

Lord Emly, we are told by the cableman, has been removed from the magistracy in consequence of his sympathy with the Boers. Evidently Mr. Chamberlain dislikes criticism. Lord Emly, of Tervoe, County Limerick, who has been so ably advocating recently the cause of the labourera to better representation on the County Council, was born in 1358 at ParK His mother was a French lady, belonging to one of the oldest families of that country, and numbered amongst her ancestors statesmen and generals, while her family gave to the Church Cardinals and Bishops. The family dates from before the time of the Crusaders, several of Lord Emly's ancestors indeed having taken part in the Crusades. His father, the first Baron Emly, a member of two British Cabinets, was so well known in Ireland that it is unnecessary to enter into particulars. The present Lord Emly was educated in Cardinal Newman's school, Edgbaston, Birmingham ; afterwards at the Jesuit College of Beaumont, near London, and then at the Jesuit College Stonyhurst. After leaving the last-named establishment he travelled about for several years — among other places, in Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and the United States. He was also a good deal on the Continent. When he returned home his Lordship had attained hia twenty-first year. He was at that time appointed State Steward to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, and remained at Dublin Caßtle during the Vice-Royalties of Lord Cowper and Lord Spencer. In the October issue of the Cornhill Magazine an anecdote xs told of an audacious pressman who was sent to report a sermon by Cardinal Logue, Arohbishop of Armagh. His Eminence was announced to preach one Sunday at the consecration of a new ohuroh in the county of Armagh, and a Belfast paper despatched a special reporter to ' do ' the ceremonies. The reporter was, unhappily, late for the sermon. Having failed to obtain the manuscript from the preacher, the reporter's position was desperate ; he knew he would fall into, disgrace at the office if he failed to supply a report of the sermon. As he passed through the hall on his way to the presbytery after an unßnccessf ul interview with the preacher, he espied under the table the Cardinal's purple bag Unobserved he pounced upon it, and to his exceeding joy found the manuscript for a sermon. Next morning his paper came out with a graphic description of the ceremonies, and, what it prized much more, a four column report of the sermon. But its joy was short-lived. Next day it had to publish the humiliating announcement that the preacher had delivered no such sermon. The address which had been published was the amateurish effort of a young ecclesiastical student in the college of the archdiocese which Cardinal Logue had placed in his bag to read in connection with the awarding of some prizes I The Premier intimated prior to the General Election that on the reconstruction of the Cabinet the Hon. J. G. Ward would get a portfolio. The announcement met with a chorus of approval from one end of the Colony to the other. Newspapers of all shades of opinion expressed themselves in very flattering terms regarding the Premier's determination. Mr. Ward was sworn in on Thursday week as Colonial Secretary, Postmaster-General, Commissioner of Telegraphs, Minister of Railways, and Minister of Commerce and Industries. The new Postmaster-General was born at Emerald Hill,

Victoria, in 1 857, and is therefore in his f orty -third year. He came to this Colony whilst very young. At the age of thirteen he entered the Postal service, and at sixteen he went into a merchant's office, and at twenty he tried the Railway department. When he turned twenty-one he started in business on his own account. He has held many positions of authority in the Province of Southland, and was captain of the Bluff Naval Artillery Volunteers, whioh corps was raised during the Parihaka trouble. In 1887 he entered Parliament' for Awarua, and was returned unopposed for the same constituency at two subsequent elections. On the formation of the Ballanoe Ministry he was appointed Postmaster-General, and on the rearrangement of portfolios consequent on the death of the Premier he took over the department of Colonial Treasurer. He retired from the Government by reason of the failure of the Ward Farmers' Association, of which he was managing director. At the byeelection he was returned without opposition, and at the General Election of 1896 he was opposed by Mr. Cuthbert Cowan, an old-time parliamentarian, whom he defeated by nearly two to one. In the interval, it is understood that business has prospered with Mr. Ward, who, last session, found time to visit England, where he settled in full with his creditors in the Old Country, and through his wife, to whom they made a presentation of a carriage and service of plate, received a very gratifying acknowledgment of his action. Mr. Ward is still in the prime of life, full of vigour, and imbued with progressive ideas. It is to be hoped he may be long Bpared to give his services to this Colony, for it needs men of ability and energy to manage public affairs so that it may take that place in the world which its great natural resources entitle it to.

MR. P. LUNDON, Phoenix Chambers, Wanganni, is still busy putting people on the soil. He has also hotels in town and country For Sale and To Lease Write to him.— mm m m

London Dental Institute.— £looo has been deposited by the principal with the Bank of Australasia at Dunedin as a guarantee of our worth. See advertisements. Complete seta from £3 3s ; gas, 2s 6d ; extractions, 2a 6d and Is. Absolutely painless All work guaranteed 10 years. Money refunded if not found satisfactory. — t * m

Dututan Times Bays :—": — " Messrs W. Gawne and Co. have forwarded us a bottle of their Worcestershire sauce. The sauce is quite equal in quality to Lea and Perrin's, and is only half the cost of the imported article. It has also a delicate piquancy all its own, whioh must make it an epicurean's delight and a joy for ever. We asked a number of people to sample the Sauce sent us, and they were charmed with it. Our readers should ask for the Sauce and try it for themselves. — „,%

For Christmas and New Year presents we recommend oar readers to go to the D.I.C. The wonderful variety and magnitude of the Company's stock is almost bewildering, from the highest class goods to the most moderate priced. Beautiful leather goods, brushware, basket and rush work, ornaments, jewellery, dolls, puzzles, outdoor and indoor games, all the latest Christmas and New Year cards, etc. A visit to the D.I.C. Fancy Goods Showrooms will well repay you. D.I.C, High and Rattray streets, Dunedin. — %*

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1, 4 January 1900, Page 21

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People We Hear About. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1, 4 January 1900, Page 21

People We Hear About. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1, 4 January 1900, Page 21

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