Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1903 — The Letter “Z” as au Initial. [ARTICLE]

The Letter “Z” as au Initial.

The letter "Z” is very unusual as the Initial of a surname. There are nearly 700 members in the British House of Commons, but not within living memory has one of their names commenced with a Z. On the other hand, the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, has never In its living memory been without a “Z.” A gold fields constituency started the idea by seuding down to Molbourne a member named Zincke. Then East Melbourne elected a Hebrew gentleman named Zox, and returned him regularly for twenty years. Sir William Austin Zeal, who now presides over the legislative council In Melbourne, Is a third case in point.