OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 8

OBITUARY

SIR FRANCIS BURNAND.

(CNIIID PRESS ASSOCIATION. -COPMH'IT.)

{AOSTBAUAN-XBW KAiAHD CAULS ASSOCIATION.)

(Received .April 23, a.m.)

■'."' v LONDON, 22nd April. Obitiiaiy.—Sir ;sPrancis Burnand, late editor of Punch. ■:*!•■'•■; "

[Sir Francis Cowley Burnand was editor of Punch from 1862 to 1906. He was the author of dramatic • and light literature. He was bom oft 29th November, 1836, and educated afc Eton (where at fifteen he wrote a fares, played at Cookesley's House). From Eton he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and there founded the Amateur Dramatic Club where his earliest pieces were produced. He studied for the English Church at Cuddesdon under Canon Liddon, but later ho became a Roman Catholic. Subsequently he read for the Bar at Bourdillon's Chambers, • and was called, but practised only occasionally. He commenced writing, and was introduced by George Meredith to Once a Week, and by Lacy to a theatrical bookseller; also to Charles Young, an actor who successfully produced' "Dido" at St. James's Theatre, under the management of Chatterton .and Willert. His burlesque, "Black-eyed Susan" ran eight hundred nights at the Royalty Theatre, Soho, and was played for years provincially, and in America. When about 26 he wrote for the paper Fun, but on its proprietor refusing his novelette, "Mokeanni," he brought it to Mark Lemon, who accepted it for Punch. Sir F. Burnand succeeded Lemon, Shirley Brooks, and Tom Taylor as editor %f that paper in 1880. Amongst his best-known books are : "New Light on Darkest Africa," "Eccentric Guide to Isle of Thanet," which was illustrated by Phil May. He has written over 120 plays, chiefly burlesques and light comedies; chief among these was "The Colonel," which satirised the ascetic craze of that period. With Sir Arthur Sullivan he wrote two light operas, "Contrabandista" and "The Chieftain." One of his latest books was "Records and Reminiscences." The deceased gentleman resided at Ramsgate.]

" Soldier's Sister" ■writes' as follows to The Post: "As one keenly interested in the war crisis, there is a question we should very much like answered by Wed-. nesday. The question is : How many of those standing for the council favour women relieving men where it is possible to do so?

Two accident cases were admitted to the floepital on Saturday night. One of the pationts was Pte. Ainsworth, who was suffering from a severe cut on the head, tho result "of a fall on tho kerbing at Lambton. Railway Station. In the case of Robert Malej a carpenter, aged SO years, residing in Sydney-street, the injury was much more serious. It appears that Male was coming down the stairs at his residence, when he fell. He received a fractured skull, and was still unconscious today.

In consequence of the amended train service, all parades in connection with the No. 5 Company, N.Z.G.A., are cancelled until further notice.

Mr. F. M'Parland, whose name appears on a "sports ticket" which has been published in the city in connection with the municipal elections,, states that he did not authorise the inclusion of his name, and is standing as an "absolutely independent" candidate.

Messrs. E. Johnston and Co. advertise a sale of fumed oak furniture at their rooms on Wednesday, at 10 o'clock sharp. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. will hold a stock salo at Waikanae on Thursday, at 11.30 a.m.

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