AFTER TWENTY-THREE YEARS.

Shannon News, 3 September 1926, Page 2

AFTER TWENTY-THREE YEARS.

♦ HAMILTONIAN AND BROTHER. MEET IN AMERICA. The following is from, the Rochester (United States) Times: — Parted on the day 23 years ago, when they were both married in a double wedding ceremony at Auckland, New Zealand, J. Lawrence Hill, of 40 Warwick Avenue,** and his brother, H. Cladstone Hill, of Hamilton, New Zealand, met again for. the first time this afternoon. H. Gladstone Hill arrived in Rochester from New York on a trip he is making as publicity director for the world concert tour of the Australian Silver Band. He will remain in Rochester as the guest of his brother for a time before going to Canada. Wanderlust and a thirst of adventure lured J. Lawrence Hill, the elder brother, to leave his family in New Zealand more than a quarter of a century ago to seek his’fortune.pn-.the other side of the world. The brothers were born in Burton-on-Trent, England, but -when still very young they moved with their family to New Zealand. The Hills, ~with the exception of J. Lawrence, have continued to make their home there.

After ten years spent in the construction of carriages and automobiles in Australia and New Zealand .lie elder brother worked his passage across the Pacific to San ■ Francisco in 1893. After several years in the West, he came to Buffalo, then returned to New Zealand, where he was married on June 16, 1903. That was the last time he saw any of hi!s relations on the other side of the world. He later came to Rochester, and now conducts the J. Lawrence Hill Garage ®n Broad Street. The other brother is an accomplished musician, and has established a record as conductor of many successful musical organisations in New Zealand. He left his home last January, visited Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, and London, England, where the band is fulfilling concert engagements. His schedule includes several Canadian cities, and a return to New Zealand in December.