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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 6

Mr. Edward M'Keown, the tenor of J, C. Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Comic Opera Company, is a eon of the Rev. Robert M'Keown, who has been for thirty years rector of St. Mary's Church of England, Waverley, Sydney. Mr. M'Keown received Ills musical education in England, and was for a number of years leading tenor with the London, Gilbert and Sullivan Company. In various concert engagements in London Mr._ Edward M'Keown has appeared at different times on the same programme as Ada Crossley, Madame Melba, Kennerley Rumford, Clara Butt, and Mdme. do Vore S'apio, all well known to Australian lovers of music. "When the Germans rifled his residence at Rixensart, near Brussels, M. Terlinden, tho well-known Belgian ■'Judge, lodged a complaint with Marshal von der Goltz, the German Governor. Von dor Goltz invilod M. Terlinden to como and see a quantity of silver which was about to be sent to Germany, and pick out his property: "None of my plate is there," said M. Terlinden. "Nevor mind," said von dcr Goltz. ''If it's not yours, it is some ouo else s. Take your pick 1" To this offer the Beljiidiro returned a Boornful refusal.