EXILE'S DEATH.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18463, 18 August 1925, Page 8

EXILE'S DEATH.

VICTIM OP BOLSHEVISM. RUSSIAN GENERAL IN WELLINGTON. (SPECIAL TO "THE TaESS.'') WELLINGTON. Augu.-t 17. ••Tarbayofi—On the 17th August, 19:25, at his late residence, 11 Wellington ro:ul, Kilbirnic, General Ivan TarbayefY, beloved husband of Marie Tarbayefl; in his ooth year/' This advertisement in tho evening papers does not discloso tho tragedV that lies behind the death. 'lnrbayeff was a Russian Major-General who gave distinguished services to his country in the Great War. Ho fought bravely in more than one sphere, including iralonica. After the war. being a Monarchist and well to do, he Had to fly from his own country. Had ho remained, the Bolsheviks would lia/vd killed him. Pie lied to New Zealand, and arrived in Wellington with practically only what ho stood up in. His wife, his daughter, and his son accompanied him. . The present Primo Minister, Mr Coates. took compassion on him. and Cave hint a very subordinate position ia one of tho Departments which ho controlled. It- ivhs oniv men hi work, ljj.it it was gladly accepted, because it would at least keen tho wolf from the door. The dnughter, a bright, charmin;;. and well-educated girl, added .1 lii;tl'o to the family income by leaching French. Tho son, it is said, worked as a, pick and shovel man for tho Wellington Corporation, and in tho evening gave lessons in singing. As a compliment to a brave soldier who fought with tho Allied armies against the Germans and the Turks, tho New Zealand Defence Department, at the instigation of Sir Hen ton Rhodes, i'i providing a gun carriage for the funeral, and if it is po-siHe to arrange it, a firing party will also bo provided.