MEMORIAL UNVEILED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21358, 6 December 1932, Page 11

MEMORIAL UNVEILED

LATE MR. EDGAR WALLACE CEREMONY IN LONDON (from our own rotii!esponoent 1 LONDON, Nov. t At the jubilee dinner of the London Press Club last, Saturday, Lord I'iddcll, in the presence of Mrs. Wallace, unveiled an oak chair, a memorial to the late Edgar Wallace. In Ihe middle of the back of the chair is (he monogram of Edgar Wal lace in gold, and on oil her side, of it are horses' heads. In addition to a coat-of-arms are, the crests of (he two regiments in which Wallace seri'ed. Lord K'iddell paid tribute to Edgar Wallace, and Mrs. Wallace replied. Mr. Augustine liirrell, proposing the toast of the, Press Club, said ho was now 83 years of age, and he, did not suppose that he had ever been in an editor's parlour or a newspaper office. To propose the health of the press was 100 big a subloot for a man who was approaching the end and wished to be on good terms with Ihe powers thai might be. (Laughter.) lie did not believe in the pessimists who said it would have been better to have lived 200 years ago. Of this he was certain, that the human race improved. Lord Riddell replied, and Lord Bnrnhani submitted "The Pioneers," speaking of the great journalists who had been members of the club during the half-century of its existence.