People We Hear About
The Earl of Dudley, .Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is only 38. He went to Dublin Castle at 35 a practically untried mam. The only office he had held was that of Parliamentary Secretary to- the Board of Trade. He carries a peculiar personal charm into all his work, and he has had a delightful helpmate in the Countess. Their marriage fourteen years ago was a romance, and the romance has happily been one of the lasting, kind.
The news that his Majesty the King had conferred the Imperial Service Medal upcii Mr. Denis Sullivan, JJP., late Inspector of Police (says the Atdelaite ' Southern tfcoss '), was received with much gratification by a very large circle of, friends and admirers. In conveying the intimation to tihe recipient, his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, in a gracious letter, expressed the hope that ' you will live long to wear with honor this well-merited mark of his Majesty's appreciation of your long career of useful service to the Crown and to the State of South Australia.'
The Dowager Countess of Clancarly, whose death took place in Galway County recently recently, was of an aje with the late Dowager Duchess of Atercorn. Bom in the same year, they were married in the same year, and they have now died within a fe*w weeks ol each other. After a married life of forty years, the late« Countess of Clanc.aa.ty became a widow in 1872. She saw two Countesses of Clancarly come to Garbally, near Ballinasloe, the seat of the family, and both survive her. The present Dowager Countess, widow of the fojrth Ear], is a daughter of the second Marquis of Bristol, while, the reigning Countess was well kriown on the stage, and is still remembered as Miss Belle Bilton. Lady Clancarty cf to-day has won popularity 'in the Carl's country around Bailinasloe by her kindness to the poor.
Sir Maurice O'Rorke, M.L.C., whose motion in the
Legislative Council the other day in favor of returning to Provincialism was defeated by a large majority, do«s not seem to be so successful a legislator asSrea! er of the House of Representatives. His fantastic proposal for the confe:ring of divinity degrees by the New Zealand Unnersity is also likely to come to nothing. 'Sir Maurice first saw the iight at Moylougjh, County Galway, fne and seventy years ago. His father was the local Protestant rector, and the future Sj exher of the New Zealand House of Representatives was the third son. Sir Maurice graduated B.A. at Trinity College in 1852, and soon after struck out for Victoria, wliere he remained only for a couple of years, coming to New Zealand in 185-1. He was appointed Clerk of the Auckland Provincial Council in 1857, and was elected as the representative of Onehunga to the General Assembly in 18(il. He was always an ardent Frovinpialist, ar.d was Speaker of Auckland Provincial Council for several jears. 'It is over a quarter of a century since he was cle.ted Speaker of the House of Repicsentathes, a position which he held, with the exception of the period from 1891 to 1803, until the last general eltfctiom, when he was defeated at the polls.
The announcement made last week that the staff of official rc-crlcrs, who accompanied the Land Commission in its wsnlerings in the back blocks of the Colony in search of information regarding the relative merits of freehold and leasehold tenure, had entertained the genial secretary of the Commission, Mr. R. A. Loughnan, at the Parliamentary Buildings, and presented him with a sou%e;iir of iegard, reminds us that the guest of the occasion has had more years of journalistic experience than he cares to remember. For many years he was editor of the ' Lyttelton Times,' when that j a T >cr was a power in the land, and when Canterbury held the key to the political situation in New Zealand He vacated the editorial chair in favor of Mr. W. P. Peeves, son of one of. the Droprietors of the paper, and who is now His'h Commissioner for the Colony in. London. For a time Mr. Louglinan edited the Wellinston ' Cathie Lie Times,' and soon after the purchase of the 1 New Zealand Times ' by the Literal Party he. was entrusted with the guidance of that journal throilgh the iro'ubled sea of paity politics. For several .years he succeeded in 1 eening his barque clear of the many dangers that threatened it from within and without, but eventually divided counsels in the control of the journal forced his retirement. After spending some time in Australia he returned to his beloved New Zealand-, sine*? when he has "done literary work of a high order of merit for the Government. Mr. Louu;nnan is a man of varied attainments and wields a facile peri, all his work being 'distinguished for its polish and literary finish.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 10
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811People We Hear About New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 10
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