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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 540, 22 June 1909, Page 6

. Shakespeare's birthday was commemorated wtth due, ceremony in the cathedral of that borough -with - which'the great bard will ever be connected—Southwark. The seniice' was as beautiful as it "was unique in character, boihg as far as possible Elizabethan;; while tho organ recital was from tlie works of the poet's, contemporaries, ' Orlando ; Gibbons and Bvfd. , After a singnlarly beantiful and ap'propriato anthem taken from Ecclosiasticus, thejPdpt Laureate,: Mr. Alfred Austin, read an iode'especially-written by himself for the occasion. .■ Instead of a sermon there was an 'address" from' : the'lectern by Mr.- Forbes■Rdbortson, the famous Shakespoarean'actor, on tho poet's life and times. Sir Charles Wyndham, Mr, Holman\ Hunt, and Mrs. Kendal woro among tho many, notable men arid wom en gathered in tho cathedral in ■honour [of Englandjs ■: greatest poet of all :tiine;. ; - ! ;' ' ■-' '•-" .-X '■"? -■-.■ ■ ":,■ ,■ ' : ;■ . : To-day,-at:2.30 p.m., at their - rooms, Feathoroion Street, Messrs/ J.' H. Bothiino' and Co. will hold an important auction sale of freehold properties. Tho list comprises ,Nos., 105, 107, and 109 Tasman Street, each honso. having a frontage 0f!37 feet, by■■α-dopth of .111 feet ,7 inches, and each fronting Myrtlo Crescent on the back boundary, Tho houses are all of seven rooms, with scullery, bathroom, pantry, and conveniences. They are well built eligible residences, and always command-excellent tenants " and good rentals. . Further particulars may be had ftßv.i'Spp.lication to ; Jfessrs. Bvowa and Dean, notinitrmn, orthametionacrt.