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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 51, 21 December 1899, Page 4

Mr. Davitt, who has resigned his seat in Parliament, is a constant contributor to American and colonial newspapers, and an occasional writer in English and Irish journals and reviews.

Mons'gnor Merry del Val, who was recently on a short visit -to London, is the son of the Spanish Ambassador at the Vatican, a relative of Count de Torrez-Diaz, a well-known Spanish Catholic in London. Mgr. Merry del Val spends much of his vacation in England, for which he entertains a sincere admiration, and in which he has many friends. He is young in years, but bis experience in diplomatic matters is wide, and he has, in all probability, a brilliant career before him.