ARCHBISHOP JULIUS
OLDEST ANGLICAN PRELATE. Archbishop Julius, who has been a familiar figure in Christchurch for more than sixty years, will celebrate his 90th birthday on October 15. His Grace intends to celebrate the occasion by entertaining members of the Synod at tea in the evening. “Born at Richmond, England, in 1847,” says the Church News, “ten years after Queen Victoria's accession to the Throne, he has lived under five Monarchs and has witnessed the dramatic change wrought in the world’s life by the developments of modern science.
“We are happy in being able to report that the archbishop is in good health; fairly hale and active, still fertile of mind, strong in memory and firm of voice; not looking his great age; though since an illness some weeks ago, from which he made a good recovery, he finds walking a distance too trying. His limit, he says, is to the gate of ’Cioudesley’ and tack. But, indomitable as ever, he has resumed celebrating at the Sunday 8 a.m. service of St. Augustine's, Cashmere Hills, and on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral. The archbishop is certainly the nicest living prelate of the Anglican Communion I and the senior bishop in respect ot | consecration. And he still smokes his pipe assiduously and with enjoyment. May he live long to do sol”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 244, 14 October 1937, Page 8
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