Professor Blackie states that the sum required for the establishment of a Celtic chair is nearly subscribed. Three months ago it was reported that only £274, of the £12,000, necessary for giving a respectable salary to a professor, was required, Since that time £IOO has been added to the fund, leaving less than £2OO to bo collected, A man named Montgomery, of Killinchey County Down, lately dropped down dead; his wife, upon hearing the news, fell dead also; and on a message being despatched to the sister of the latter it was descovered that she had died suddenly. ' Truth' has commenced an interesting series of" Anecdotal Biographies" of illustrious personages. The first was the Qiieon, the second lord Lome. One of the anecdotes of the Queen states that she » only read one of Lord Beaconsfield's ; novels before he became Prime Minister, J but sho went through the lot within three > months of his accession to the Premiership. ■
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 131, 10 April 1879, Page 2
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