OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 5

OBITUARY.

A WELL-KNOWN- JOURNALIST. > ■:■■■ A DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT. ■ BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS,ASSOCIATION— COrTMGET. .•••». (Rec. March 20, 10.45 p.m.) :■■■■' i . London, March 20.. ■ / The-death, is••'announced of , Sir/Nicholas O'Conor, ..Ambassador to/ .Constantinople, aged 65 years.. "... The . Eight .Hon. Sir Nicholas Roderick 0' Conor, ; G.C.8.,; K.C.8., G.C.M.G., P.O.', became' Ambassador, at \Constaiitiiiople in 1898. lie .was :bqrn in Ireland on, July 3,' 1813. In 1887 lie .married' Minna: Margaret, daughter of the late 1 and' Lady Victoria Howard. : daughtei-"of \thp Hth Duke of Norfolk, and had ■ three, daughters; 'He,. entered the^Diplomatic*Service-in 18SB, was Attache 'to the Embassy ,'at'Berlin'from 1807 *t<>lß7o;'. and subsequently becamo ' Secretary at The Hague, Madrid, Rio 'do 'Janeiro,' and Paris.. In the eighties ho was Secretary, and Charge'd'Affaircs at Peking, and from'. ISBG to 18!)2 was Political "Agent? n'nd'VCfbiisul-Gjnoral, at'' Bulgaria. \Tho years p?2 tojlß9£,£aw, .him back tb Peking lis Minister, and'.,lio'- was Ambassador, at St. Petersburg. from 1895 to 189 S. Altogether lie ■ was'-13 'years ;in ; t)iedißloiiiatic service, and a'cliieved' many successes. .'"V-

; ' -Melbourne, March 20. Obituary : Mr.. Howard Willoughby, journalist, aged 69 years.. ' ." .

: Howard Winoughby, one - of the. loading .journalists of '".Victoria, .joined the' reporting, staff"'of the' Melbourne' " Age"", soon: aftir his amva'l-in : the ' : colony'; in 18G0, : and subsequently joined the .'."Angus'". reporting 'staff. Ho was' special correspondent 'for tho latter journal; in i New Zealand duriiig the last Maori War, and was with* the' headquarters of 'General Cameron . during the campaign';: which resulted, after severe fighting,:, in. theconquest, of the. Woiknto. and the'retreat of tl/e King tribes to the interior. • Soon'after his return to Victoria," Mr. . Willougliby was ' despatched by tho "Argus". to ''Western .Australia to'investigate the convict tliere. His. letters were of great servico in securing' the abolition of the last remnant'.of. transportation to' Australia. In 18GG' Mr. Willoughby became one of the Hansard staff."Prom''this post he. retired, in ISG9, to take the editorship of the Melbourne "Dailv Telegraph,": then : just established.' Mr, 1 Willoughby remained. in. charge of this journal until 1877, when", his services were a^ain'sccurcd ,bjr< the "Argus" as a contributor, and charge of tho 'reporting staff of the paper. In' 1898 Mr. -Willoughby became editor of 'the "Argus," a position which lie resigned,in. 1903,' though he continued to contribute . to' the jou rnalr ! Among'' his publications' are "The British Convict;in' western Australia," "The Critic in Church," and a work on "Australian, federation."