OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1720, 10 April 1913, Page 7

OBITUARY.

$ : ; SIR HENRY WRIXON. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec.' April 10, 0.20 a.m.) Melbourne, April 9. The death is announced of tho Hon. Sir Henry Wrixon, K.C.M.G., formerly President of tho Legislative Council of Victoria, aged 73. Sir Henry Wrixon was 1 born in Ireland, and arrived in Victoria in 1850, completing his. education at Melbourne University. Ho was called to tho Bar in 1801, and made a Queen's Counsel in 1890. He was elected to tho Legislative Assembly of Victoria in 18G8, and became SolicitorGeneral in the 'M'Cullocli' Ministry of 1870-71, and Attorney-General in the Gil-lics-Deakin Ministry of 188G-90. He was a member of ono of the Federal Conventions. MR. W. J. HOLLOWAY. Sydney, April 9. A cable message from London states that Mr. W. J. Holloway, an actor well known in Australia, is dead; aged 70 years. ( Although born iu London, Mr. Holloway came to Australia whilo a child. Ho was trained to be an engineer, but abandoned that occupation and took to the stage. After playing leading parts with almost every star of distinction who visited Australia, ho entered into management at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, in 1878, devoting himself especially to Shakespearean productions. In 1889 he was prostrated through over-work, andnvent to England, and in 1892 he joiied tho later Sir Henry Irving at tho Lyceum, where he tcok .the part of Kent in "King Lear." He becamo manager at Terry's in 1893,, and subsequently toured South Africa. , . M. JEAN CONSTANS. Paris, April 8. M.. Jean Constans, the French statesman, is dead. Tho late M. Constans was born sit Beziers m 1833. He began his career as a professor of law, and in 187G was elected deputy tor Toulouse. He joined M. Frcycinet lis Minister of tho Interior in May, ISSO, holding tho portfolio until 1881. • ll ii ßS9 n?- le assumed, the same offico in tho 1 Lrard Cabinet. He become prominent as a stalwart opponent of the Boulaitfnst party, constituting the Senate a High Court of Justice, and takiug police measures against the Ligue des Patriotes. He resigned in 1890, but his resignation involved the fall of tho Cabinet, and he resumed his portfolio in the Freycinet Cabinet a fortnight later. On December 29, 1889, he had been elected Senator of tho Department of tha Haute-Garonne. lie was violently attacked bv the press and tho Boulangist deputies, but did not resign until the whole Cabinet withdrew, on February 26, 1892. In December, 1898, lie -was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople. AN AUSTRALIAN SPORTSMAN. London, April 8. Mr. Elliott Grant, a Sydney and Hobart sportsman, is dead.