OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1415, 16 April 1912, Page 7

OBITUARY.

PRESIDENT OF FRENCH CHAMBER,

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Paris, April H. 11. Henri Brissou, President .of theChamber of Deputies, is dead, aged 7G.

Writing of tho re-election of JI. Brisson (o the Presidency of tho 1 ranch Chamber last year tho Paris correspondent of tho "Morning Post" said:-'}!. Brisson is one of those old Republicans who are occasionally laughed at by tho Montmartre 'ehansonniers.'but for whom Hie great bulk of the nation has a sincere ward. His political career has lacked brilliancv and humour (M. Brisson never laughs);"it has always beon perfectly honourable. After tho overthrow of Jules Ferrv'a great Cabinet m 1885, JI. Bnsson played, as Prime Minister, an important plirt in carrying out, in Franco. as well as in Indo-China, tho schemes lnitiatofl by his predecessor in ofnec. Ho is better known, however, as President of the Chamber for this has been his mam function in lato years. According to some, his vigour in presiding over a somewhat stormy assembly has lately been relaxed, owing to his great age. Ho was even accused, after tho last encounter between JI. Briand aud tho Socialists over the railway strike, o£ having shown «ome weakness when it would moro have liecomc him to have taken drastic mea- „ os against a handful of Revolutionnries However, the Chamber has rightlv considered that an elderly statesmen, after so manv years of disinterested service, deserved some indulgence. GRAMOPHONES THE DRESDEN PIANO CO., LTD., has landed a shipment of Gramophones— lh« finest the world produces. Prioei t>l to JC3O. Tho public is cordially invited to inspect those instruments. A large stock of records! to aeleot from, in. oludiiiK Melba, Totrazrini, Clara' Butt; Caruso. Kubelik. Write for oataloiraes. The Dresden I'inno Co., Ltd., Wellnißton. M .1 Brookes, North Island Manager.— Ad'vt. You savo time, and (hat means you save money, when you delegate tho work tit' passing* your entries lo us. And you t;et a. fine service, 100. The work is done by experts, whose one aim is to guard vim interests znA deliver the goods quickly. Tlw is'iZ, Exproa Co,, Lcdy«-Adtt. ■