Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — A Remarkable Australian. [ARTICLE]

A Remarkable Australian.

Sir George Dibbs, who has Just presented King Edward with a walking stick of hiß own make, is one of the remarkable men of Australia. He is probably the only man in the empire who has passed through the two extreme experiences of a prime minister and a prisoner in Jail. Sir George has twice been premier of New South Wales, and has held many other posts of the highest importance in the colony; and it was while he was a prominent public man that he had th 3 courage to refuse to pay what he thought an extortionate bill of costs He was committed’ to Darlinghurat Jail, Sydney, for a year, and served the sentence through to the end. Hi Henry’s mlnlstrel company gave performance at the Alhambra Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and evening, and gave good satisfaction to the audiences which gathered in Manager Miller’s theater for a preliminary bit of enjoyment before thd regular season of the Grand avenue house opens next Sunday afternoon with “Hunting for Hawkins ” -