People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1908, Page 28

People We Hear About

The Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, will be presented with an address by the New Ross Urban Council, on the occasion of his forthcoming visit' to his native town. Lord Knollys forwarded to. Miss Florence Nightingale, who attained her 88th birthday on May 12 last, a gracious message of congratulation and good wishes from the King- and the Queen, Lord Acton, who was attached to President Fallieres' during his visit to England, is the most polyglot of peers. He is< as familiar with ' French as he is with German, Italian, and Dutch. His mother was the Countess Marie Arco Valley, of Bavaria. The prize of £25 offered by the Technical Education authorities in England for an essay on technical education, without any limitations of nationality or domicile, has been won by Mr. J< Ryan, D.Sc, Superintendent Adviser of the Technical Education Committee, Dublin. ' There are six British ex-Ministers now in receipt of pensions under ' The Imperial Political Offices Pension Act, 1869 ' : — Viscount Cross, Lord George Hamilton, Mr. 11. Chaplin, M.P., Sir John Gorst, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, £1200 ; and Mr. Gerald Balfour, Of the people to whom old-age pensions were granted in New Zealand last year 790 were English, 364 Irish, 325 Scotch, 23 New Zealand born, 13 -Welsh, and 80 Maori. Of the total number of male pensioners now on the roll there are 3353 laborers, 1071 miners, 463 farmers, 284 gardeners, 276 carpenters, 240 gum-diggers, and 107 bootmakers. The females include 5151 whose occupation is termed domestic duties, whilst there are 158 nurses, 58 laundresses, 41 charwomen, 35 needlewomen, 28 dressmakers, 17 cooks, and 13 washerwomen. Mr. William J. Bryan, who has been chosen Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States, in an address to the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Washington, D.C., paid a high tribute to the Irish race and to the Catholics for the part they have played in the affairs of the world. He said that he had Irish blood in his veins, and that he was proud of it. ' I am satisfied,' he said, * that no single strain of blood has been of greater value to the American people than that strain which comes from the Emerald Isle.' Mr. Cornelius Denis O 'Sullivan (generally known as Denis O 'Sullivan), of San Francisco, the well-known Irish tenor and actor, who died on February 1, aged 39 years, left" estate valued at of .which is real and personal estate in California, and £984 estate in the United Kingdom. Probate of his will, dated September 17, 1902, has been granted to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis O 'Sullivan, the sole executrix to whom he left the whole of his property, absolutely, declaring that he made no provision for his children, knowing that his wife would make due and adequate provision for - them. Mr. George Wolfe, who as a kinsman of General Wolfe, the hero of Quebec, will be present as a representative of his family at the Quebec Tercentenary this week, is of an ancient family and large estate in Kildare. He is a lineal descendant of the Theobald Wolfe from whom Theobald Wolfe Tone was named. He is, moreover, the nearest living relative of Arthur Wolfe, who as Lord Kilwarden. and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, made the famous protest in Wolfe Tone's case against the overriding of the decisions of civil courts by arbitrary military tribunals. As we were informed by cable at the time, the Duchess of Norfolk gave birth to a son and heir at Arundel Castle on Saturday, May 30. The baptism of the infant Earl of Arundel took place on Monday afternoon in the private chapel of Arundel Castle. The Archbishop of Westminster officiated, and among the many clergy present were Rev. A. McCall, the Duke cf Norfolk's chaplain, and Father Bernard Vaughan, The godfather was Lord Edmund Talbot, M.P., and the godmother Hon. Mrs. Eric Drummond, Duchess of Norfolk's sister. The child was given the name of Bernard Marmaduke. , After the ceremony the Duke received his guests in tKe great hall of the Castle, where the Earl's health was drunk, on the proposition of one- of the oldest tenants on the estate. The Mayor of Arundel proposed the health of" Lord Edmund Talbot. The Duke of Norfolk received congratulations from King . Edward and the King of Spain.