OBITUARY.
! SIR HARRY BARRON. I (By Cable—Press AModfction—Copyright.) lAuotralian and K.Z. Cable ~saoci»tion.) '' LONDON, March 28. » The' death has occurred of Major- ' General Sir Barry Barron. ? [Major-General Sir Harry Barron, K.C.M.G , 0.V.0., formerly Governor ' of Tasmania and of Western Australia. , was born in 1847. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1867, and became Major- ' Goneralin 1904. He retired from th-> ' Army in 1909, in which year he was : appointed Governor of Tasmania. J>. • M 3 he became Governor of Western " Australia, an office which he (held tilt , I 1917.1 : CHARLES HADDON CHAMBERS. A ' PARIS, March 28.' f The death is announced of Charle9 Haddon Chambers, playwright; aged 01 * years. [The late Mr Charles Haddon Chami bers was born in Btanmore,j Sydney. ti >.ew South Wales, in 18o'(). lie entorei , the New South Wales Civil Service hi & 1875, and two years later he became a e stock-rider, etc., in the bush. He visit- ; g ed England and Ireland iu 18S0, and in .'. 1832 returned to England. Ho becumo : famoirs as a journalist, story-writer, and < •: •-1 subsequently as a dramatic author.! • *
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17106, 30 March 1921, Page 6
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179OBITUARY. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17106, 30 March 1921, Page 6
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