M. VERBRUGGHEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 300, 19 December 1922, Page 6

M. VERBRUGGHEN.

RESIGNATION DEFINITE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, December 12. Evidently the last has been seen here of M. Henri Verbrugghen as Director of the C'onservatorinm of Music. His resignation was inevitable; receipt of tiie cable with the news such as came yesterday has been awaited practically since lie left our shores. While of course the musical community—for that matter the public in generai feels the loss, M. Verbrugghen's finessing ever since he departed, has been responsible for such inconvenience a'nd worry to the Conservatorium authorities; i that the definite announcement of hitj | resignation is a relief. i In the cable to his wife M. Verbrugghen states that lie prefers not to risk: a repetition of his nast experiences! here, and that he resents political inter-j ference with his work. Apart fromf that he was willing to make any personal sacrifice to remain here. ' ! Yesterday"* cubic rend: MINNEAPOLIS. December P. I am sorry. Conscience-searching has caused delay. Tam unable to alter my decision. lam unwilling to have a repetition of my past experience. Mv self-respect imposes upon me a ot personal inclinations. Tam sorry. | HENRI VERBRUGGHEN. I Madame Verbrugghen also received anotiier cable at an earlier date: I have cabled my resignation. lam unfiling to risk the repetition of mv past expenence. l a m prepared for any sacrifice, except political interference. The wrench is acutely painful to me 1 am very depressed. HENRI VERBRUGGHEN Madame Verbrugghen expresses keen regret that her husband, through force of circumstances, should find it ncces , arv to insist on his resignation being accepted She is sure that M. Ver* brugghen s heart is in his work in con- 1 - nection wl th the Conservatorium and ~™.« he . lronU V<?r -Y ""eh prefer to remain here rather than settle in ' America had it been possible for him to do so. I "He will deeply feel." declares Mad- '' ame "Verbrugghen, -parting from the People ot Australia, and the manv 1 riends he made here. We would all ' "oye to remain in Sydney, and, personally.- 1 shall also deeply regret leaving ' the country" .