OBITUARY.

Evening Star, Issue 20995, 8 January 1932, Page 9

OBITUARY.

MRS ROBERT BROUGH STAGE FAVOURITE OF EARLIER DAYS A Sydney cablegram announces the death of Mrs Robert Brough, tho noted actress. Her first husband, who was formerly in partnership with Sir Dion Boucicault, predeceased her in 1906. She remarried late in life Mr Cyril Bell, and had been living in retirement at Cronulla, a seaside resort fifteen miles from Sydney. The death of Mrs Brough recalls the palmy days of comedy-drama in Australia and New Zealand, when companies like Brough and Boucicault presented the finest works of _ Pinero,Jones, Grundy, and Wilde, with casts that nowadays it would cost a little fortune to assen le for a tour —casts including such noted players as G. S.Titheradge, Joseph Came, Cecil Ward,Robert Brough himself, Boucicault,-; Fra Brough, her sister, Emma Temple,| her niece, Brenda Gibson, and Grace; Noble; this brilliant galaxy presenting: throughout Australia and New Zealand: such splendid plays as ‘The Second] Mrs Tanqueray,’ ‘The Notorious Mrs: Ebbsmith,’ ‘Niobe’ ‘The Liars’ ‘A 1 Woman of No Importance, Ins, ‘ ‘The Amazons,’ ‘The Village Priest,’ 1 1 Sowing the Wind/ 1 Caste/ ‘The Magistrate,’ -‘A Pair of Spectacles,’* etc. . Mrs Brough (nee Florence RomerM made her first appearance on the stage in London in 1882. Like the late Nellie Stewart’s, her r reer opened in) musical pieces—pantomime and comioj opera. She came out to Australia about 1885, and appeared m ‘ Jolanthe.’ There she met and married the late Robert Brough, and tho ( famous Brough-Bouci ult Company, was formed somewh 3 about 1890. She made her first appearance in New.j Zealand in 1893 and thereafter toured; Australia and New Zealand _ almost i without break for a period or| twelve or more years. Mrs Brough s first comedy roles in New Zealand were in ‘Dandy Dick,’ ‘The Idler,’‘Niobe,’ and ‘The Amazons,’ her portrayal of the leader of the hoydens (Lady Noeline Belturbet) in the latter piece being one of the finest of hei, career. Then followed a long series ofportraits, all vivid and live, cuhninat- ■ ing in a really great reading of the role i of Paula Tanqueray, assuredly the most poignant we ever had in New /jG&* land. , Mrs Brough was a woman or remarkable charm, on and off the stage.- 5 Her voice was beautiful, and used with 1 consummate art, and her striking pre- f sence and speaking features, made her a most expressive and compelling artist.

MRG.W. GLOVER - A [Special to the ‘ Star.’] CHRISTCHURCH, January 8.The death occurred at Ashburton of i Mr George Glover, formerly of Tim-] ,aru, aged 80. Mr Glover was well-; known in commercial circles. He arrived in New Zealand with his_ people in 1872, served his apprenticeship as a i hatter, and then opened business as at hatter and hosier in Princes street,; Dunedin. After several years he sold out and opened a similar business in Auckland. In 1886 he again sold out*! in order to join the staff of Sargoocl,;! Son and Ewen. Mr Glover was sta-1 tioned at Auckland, Wellington, andi Christchurch. After twenty years _ ser- J vice with the firm, he was appointed * manager of Milner and Thompson,;, music dealers, Timaru, and remained in i that position till the firm gave up business in Timaru ten years later. Mr) Glover was then appointed manager for, j Charles Begg and Co. at Ashburton and remained in that position till his retirement a few years ago.

M. MAGINOT

FRENCH MINISTER FOR WAR vl j-\ Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, PARIS, January 7. The death is announced of M. Maginot, the Minister for War. A WAR HERO, i: PARIS, January 7.(Received January 8, at 1.30 p.m.)’ % Many tributes are paid to M. Maginot’s patriotism, especially during tho war time, when, although an ex-Under-Secretary for War, he rejoined m 1914 his old regiment as a private and won the Medaillo Militaire on November 6, | 1914, for gallantry in fifty reconaissances in the neighbourhood of Verdun.' t He was mentioned in despatches for ■ bravery on November 9, 1914, whenj 100 Germans ambushed his patrol oty 18, wounding four with their first volley. M. Maginot, then a sergeant, covered the retreat, despite two wounds.The remainder kept the enemy at bay throughout the day, sustaining a further five killed and three wounded.