OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 20663, 19 April 1929, Page 7

OBITUARY

SIR HENRY 7 BAX-IRONSIDE.

(Rec. 5.5 p.m.)

Rugby, April 17.

The death has occurred of Sir Henry BaxIronside, aged 69, who was Minister at Sofia at the outbreak of the war.—British Official Wireless.

Sir Henry Bax-Ironside was born in 1859 and educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1883 and was acting Charge d’Affaires at Copenhagen in 1887 later serving in Teheran, Vienna, Cairo, Washington, Pekin, Stockholm, Chile, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

SIR CLIFFORD SIFTON

New York, April 17

Sir Clifford Sifton, who was for many years prominent in Canadian politics and in business as a newspaper publisher, died of heart disease to-day aged 67.—Australian Press Association —United Service.

Sir Clifford Sifton was born in Middlesex (Ontario) and was of Irish descent. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1882, and after practising in Brandon was created Q.C. by Dominion patent in 1895. He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for North Brandon in 18S8, and continued member until 1896. He was appointed At-torney-General and Minister of Education in the Greenway administration (1891). He retired from the Manitoba Government and entered Sir Wilfred Laurier’s Administration as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1896). In 1905 he resigned on account of a disagreement with Sir Wilfred Laurier regarding educational clauses of bills to establish the north-west provinces of Saskatchewan. While a member of the Federal Government Sir Clifford Sifton devoted special attention to the question of inducing emigration to Canada. SIR THOMAS SMARTT. Cape Town, April 17. The death is announced of Sir Thomas Smartt, father of the Union Parliament. — Australian Press Association—United Service. Sir Thomas William Smartt was an Irishman by birth, and trained for the medical profession. He went to South Africa many vears ago, entered the Cape Parliament, and became in turn Colonial Secretary, Commissioner of Public Works and Commissioner of Crown Lands. In 1921-24 he was Secretary for Agriculture in the Union Parliament. He was the Leader of the Unionist Party in South Africa. He was 71 years of age. LADY NG ATA. (Per United Press Association.) Gisborne, April 18. The death of Lady Ngata. wife of Sir Apirana Ngata, occurred to-night.