Random thoughts and observations
I have written previously about Robert Winthrop, bigamist and bounder. Yesterday I came across some new information which confirms the stereotype. According to the Western Argus, Winthrop was living in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie, at the age of 72 in 1922 when he was shot in the thigh by a 35-year-old married woman. I think she might have been aiming for his groin. The prosecutor described the accused, Lillian Haight, as Winthrop’s “housekeeper”.
I’m afraid that sub-editing standards have been thrown out the window in describing the death of Sonia McMahon. In 1965, she married William “Billy” McMahon, an aspiring politician in Sir Robert Menzies’ government. She was 32, he 57. Since the slow and ambiguous denial of imperial honors in Australia, the media has largely struggled to [...]
There may be some interest in the fact I have left The Border Watch. This will be my only public statement. When you hold a senior position in an organisation you learn to ride the bumps and take the rough with the smooth. If you’re unhappy in a job you either put up with it, [...]
I appeared before a Supreme Court judge this week. More later. Meanwhile, I’m sure that Soroptimists are lovely people. In fact, Soroptimist International is a worldwide organisation for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. But I wish they would buy their own camera, [...]
