TRIBUTES FROM COLLEAGUES.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12420, 9 December 1908, Page 3

TRIBUTES FROM COLLEAGUES.

CH ANNEX, ACCIDENTS. I Press Association — Copfkioht.! ' , : ' ■ Londoc, Dec. 7. . The late Mr DobsbD, Agent General for Tasmania, who was drowned in the Channel, left London on Friday. He wrote to his wife the same evening, stating that he was returning owing to dizziness. He telegrapbed again on Saturday . for his wife to meet him at Charing Cross: Newspapers, owing •to the fre-. quency of accidents in the Channel, suggest that all steamers should oarry search lights. A tribute is paid to the popularity of the deceased by Australians ~in London and by official circles, who say that he .deserves all praise for his uutiring .efforts and his patience to advance the interests of Australia.