— The arrival in London of Sir Charles Tupper, on his 64th visit, causes a writer in tho Daily Chronicle to reflect on "how many old, very old, men are still prominent in all fields of activity in an age which is commonly regarded as that of tho young man, and he instances as famplea Lord Wemyss, Lord Strathcona, Sir Charles Tupper, Dr Rusael Wallace. Lord HalsWy, Lord Roberts, Sir George Birdwood, Lord Morlej Sir Hiram Maxim, and Mr Thomas Hardy, half a score of vetflranr, who share 833 years between them. Sir' Charles Tupper, at 91, ifi hale and hearty. He is the solo survivor of the 'Fathers of Confederation,' as tho framers of the Constitution of Canada, the men who welded the Mattered provinces of British North America into a new nation, are called. His voyago to England was made in a brigantine of 160 tons, and tlioy were 40 (lays getting from St John to Lough Foyle."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15822, 22 July 1913, Page 9
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159Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 15822, 22 July 1913, Page 9
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