There are 7 messages totalling 211 lines in this issue. 
 
Topics of the day: 
 
  1. Alan Olding (2) 
  2. Stashower in Toronto this weekend (2) 
  3. Beeton's to sell May 20 
  4. Holmes in Congressional Record for May 7 
  5. ABBE: The Missing Gem 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 10:40:18 -0500 
From:    Karen Murdock 
Subject: Alan Olding 
 
Some information on our fellow 
Hound who just passed beyond 
the Reichenbach.  I'll miss 
him!!  But now he is hobnobbing 
with some of the great 
Sherlockians who went 
across the river before him. 
    ~May Blunder 
 
 
 
OLDING, ALAN CLEMENT  (FEBRUARY 15, 1925-MAY 6, 2008)  Prominent 
Australian Sherlockian and founder of The Sherlock Holmes Society of 
Australia.  Olding was born and raised in the seaside resort of 
Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, England.  He served in the Royal Corps of 
Signals during World War II.  He and his wife emigrated to Australia 
in 1951, where he spent his working career in the insurance industry 
before retiring in 1990.  Olding's interest in the Sherlock Holmes 
stories dated back to his boyhood days.  His interest was rekindled 
during the late 1960s when he found a copy of William S. 
Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes in a bookshop in  Melbourne. 
During a visit to the UK in 1973, he sought out and joined The 
Sherlock Holmes Society of London.  He founded The Sherlock Holmes 
Society of Australia in January 1978 and edited its quarterly 
newsletter, "News From the Diggings."  Olding had a number of articles 
published in various Sherlockian journals.  He was the second Aussie 
to be invested in the BSI ("COOEE" 1988).  He was an active 
participant in The Hounds of the Internet with the nom de plume of 
"Holy Peters of Adelaide".  Olding was the instigator of one of  the 
only bottlings ever of Sherlock Holmes wine.  In early 1980 he found a 
winemaker in the Barossa Valley, the premier wine producing area of 
South Australia, by the name of Leon Holmes.  Olding persuaded Holmes 
and his wife (Leonie) to put up a special bottling of their port to 
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of ACD.  Later on they 
put up some claret under a 'Dr. Watson' label.  Some bottles of this 
were consumed, no doubt, but many found their way into the hands of 
collectors.  (Don't ask;  it's no longer available.  The Holmeses sold 
out to another winemaker, who declined Olding's request to make 
further bottlings.) 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 13:02:16 -0500 
From:    Karen Murdock 
Subject: Stashower in Toronto this weekend 
 
Just a Line, Dearest has Daniel Stashower 
discussing the letters of Sherlock Holmes 
creator Arthur Conan Doyle, Sat. 3 p.m. (free). 
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7158. 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 13:10:07 -0500 
From:    Karen Murdock 
Subject: Beeton's to sell May 20 
 
an item from the 
Press Association (England): 
 
May 20 
 
OXFORD: Items gathered by Oxfam shops 
across the country to be auctioned by Bonhams in 
Oxford on behalf of Oxfam. Star item is Study in Scarlet, 
the first Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle 
which is estimated to sell for =A37,000 to =A39,000. 
 
 
    ~May Blunder (who will not be surprised if it 
sells for a lot more than that . . .  ) 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 13:12:24 -0500 
From:    Karen Murdock 
Subject: Holmes in Congressional Record for May 7 
 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. May I inquire of the Chairman how much 
time I have remaining. 
 
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Fifteen seconds for the gentleman from Massachusetts. 
 
Mr. McCOTTER. Madam Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. 
 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I have said repeatedly that I did not 
oppose the action. 
And I am pointing to the hypocrisy on the part of the Bush administration. 
The gentleman from New Jersey, like Sherlock Holmes, unearthed the fact 
that I wasn't opposed to it. I said that. I think they were forced 
into it. So, yes, I did not sign it. 
 
As to not having a hearing right away, that is a done deal. I'm trying 
to prevent 
foreclosures now, then we will get back to looking in the rearview mirror. 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 15:52:41 -0400 
From:    Stephanie Thomas 
Subject: Re: Stashower in Toronto this weekend 
 
If any Hounds are in Toronto on Saturday and want to make a day of it, the 
Bootmakers of Toronto are having their story meeting (the Crooked Man) at 
the Beeton Auditorium of the Toronto Reference Library (same location as 
Daniel Stashower's free talk) at 7 p.m.  Admission is $12 at the door.   
 
I can send a copy of the notice for the talk or the notice for the 
Bootmakers meeting to anyone who is interested.  Send your request to me 
instead of to the list.   
 
The Triangular Piece of Gold 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Discussion of Sherlock Holmes Literature On Behalf Of Karen Murdock 
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:02 PM 
To: 
Subject: Stashower in Toronto this weekend 
 
Just a Line, Dearest has Daniel Stashower 
discussing the letters of Sherlock Holmes 
creator Arthur Conan Doyle, Sat. 3 p.m. (free). 
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7158. 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 18:19:37 -0500 
From:    Don Dillistone 
Subject: ABBE: The Missing Gem 
 
I can't remember the first time I noticed it, but when I did, a smile of  
appreciation crept across my face. I've read ABBE several times since  
and every time I do, I can't help smiling again at the cleverness of the  
remark. At the very end, when soliciting Dr. Watson' s feelings about  
letting Captain Crocker, Lady Brackenstall and Theresa escape unscathed,  
Holmes addresses Watson thusly: "Gentleman of the Jury." You can imagine  
my disappointment in my newly-acquired copy of 'The Annotated Sherlock  
Holmes," that Baring-Gould missed the whole point entirely. As far as  
his readers are concerned, Holmes said "*Gentlemen* of the Jury." 
 
Once again, I ask the List, "Am I missing something?" Did Baring-Gould  
take it upon himself to correct  phrasing written by Conan Doyle? I  
accept  that Holmes's expression in ABBE is probably the only time in  
English literature that the commonplace "gentlemen of the jury," is  
replaced by   "gentleman of the jury,"  but the fact that he did so is a  
sign of talent, not a sign of ignorance. The fact that Baring-Gould  
thought otherwise makes me happy that I was able to acquire my copy of  
his voluminous work two or three weeks ago  for only $25 at our Scion's  
annual auction sale.  
 
The Hon. Ronald Adair - I locked the door lest the ladies should  
surprise me. 
AKA Don Dillistone M.Bt. 
Winnipeg 
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 May 2008 22:06:14 -0400 
From:    Julia Huggins 
Subject: Alan Olding 
 
 So sorry to hear of Alan Olding's passing. 
 
 
 
 
 
His Holmesian-themed "Headlines From The Gutter Press"? posts were a joy (and a challenge) for me. 
 
 
 
 
 
Good innings Mr Olding, 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Julia Huggins 
 
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