A NEW PEER

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1931, Page 5

A NEW PEER

FORMER N.Z. SOLDIER. Australian Pi ess Association.) MELBOURNE, January 2,-. Cables received here during the week-end aniiounci d that a man nam'd C. \\ . Rowley who was suppostU to oe- lesidie.g somewhere in Australia, and to lie working as a labourer, ium succeeded to an ancient Irish Peerage as the result of the death of his uncle in Corsica. A later message was received staring ttiai Rowley s wde was working as a waitress in a tearoom in the Strand at London. Rmvicy is now Lord Langfoid. 1 lie new Lord l.angtord lias been traced to a modest flat in Souili Melbourne. Lord Langlford admitted his identity, and said that he formerly lived in Now Zealand. He stated that lie enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. He saw active service both in Egypt and in France.

INTEREST IN PALMERSTON NORTH.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, Jan. 28. The cablegram from Melbourne regarding the succession to an ancient Irish peerage of C. W. ltowley is more than passing interest locally. It is believed to refer to C. W. Rowley, who lived in Wellington in 1914-15, who had ‘been heard as a singer in the capital city by members of the Palmerston North Orchestral Society and on whose recommendation Rowley was invited to sing at the Society’s concert on the 9th June 1915. It is understood lie later departed with one of tlie New Zealand contingents.