People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 1 June 1911, Page 1017

People We Hear About

inn M f- John Fox, the Newfoundland ■Rhodes; Scholar for 1911,, has begun his. studies at Oriel College, Oxford He was a pupil of the Christian Brothers, and comes from St. Bonaventure's- College, Newfoundland. The Christian brothers took charge of St. Bonaventure's in 1889

Jii%n P ? tW + l ° f i McGIU University/ Montreal, has decided to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on the Right Hon. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick; Chief Justice of Canada, on the. ground of his high official position and distinguished services, and in special . and distinguished commemoration of his work as a member of The Hague Tribunal of Arbitration. s

Sarah Bernhardt will be over seventy when the Panama Canal is opened to traffic, but no one may doubt that according to her promise, she will be there to help celebrate it (observes the Springfield Republican). The woman who went to Panama with De Lesseps to see the first scene of tile first act of the great Isthmian drama should be in a iront seat when the last scene is played. Although the Duchess of Norfolk will attend the Coronation as Baroness Herries in her own right, the wife of the Earl Marshal will wear a crown entirely composed of a i g l\ Sariand of diamond oak leaves and acorns, the badge of the Howards since 1463, when their progenitor, Sir John Howard distinguished himself in the French wars of llenrv VI., and was afterwards created Earl Marshal of imgland. lhe acorns in the crown are formed of single stones of great beauty. .' K ."

. •«Ai very interesting incident is reported in connection with the silver wedding presentation made to the Speaker of the House of Commons (Mr. James William Lowther) and his wife. The occasion was one marked by a comf te t V u e between parties. At the close of the ceremonv Mr. Balfour met Mr. John E. Redmond, and cordiallv shook hands with him It was the first time in twenty years, that the two leaders had met each other with friendly greeting. *c« ul j The Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Ross, who has been appointed one of the Commissioners to inquire into financial relations existing between Great Britain and Ireland, was born at Kilaneave, Tipperary, in 1852- and educated .at the Ennis Diocesan College and the Irish College, Paris, where he was ordained in 1877. He was n«on S -? r i lB^ 7 " 8 - vice-president (1881-90), and president (1890-0 of Ennis Pjocesan College, and was consecrated Bishop of Ross in 189/. He served on the Royal Commission on Poor- Laws in 1905-6, and is a well known authority on political economy His Lordship lives at Skibbereen, and his diocese numbers only eleven parishes. It was a part of Cloyne until 1849. ?

Mr Denis O Donovan, C.M.G., who died in Perth recently had a distinguished literary career. He was born mi Cork Ireland in 1846, and claimed descent from a family which traced its origin to the Kings of Munster, and was allied with the Royal Plantagenets of England. He came to Australia in the early seventies, and in 1874 was appointed Parliamentary Librarian in Brisbane. - His' analytical and classified catalogue of the library of Queensland Parliament is said to be one of the greatest works' ?J;+l, + i? m n m ie T°,, rlcL He relinquished his position with the Queensland Government several years ago, and went to the West. .

Sir Henry, Primrose, Chairman of the Committee which has been appointed to ascertain and consider, amongst other things, the existing financial relations between Ireland and the other component parts of the United Kingdom is a cousin of the present Earl Rosebery. In politic* he has always been a Liberal. He has been connects with the Treasury since 1869, and was Mr. Gladstone’s private secretary at the time of the introduction of the J f rs +b?°R e V Bill V Since then he has been Chairman f , the Board of Customs and Chairman of the Board of inland Revenue. He resigned the latter office in 1907. ,v: + w a n h O n CS ar !- taking an important part in connection with the Coronation. As Earl Marshal the Duke of Norfolk has the direction of ceremonies by hereditary right 0t + he l CaS n artistic merit alone has caused some Catholics to be called in to assist in the perfection of the great pageant. Amongst these is Sir Edward Elgar whose work has been given an important place in the triumphal music which will form part of the Abbey cere! momal. , This _artangement is the ungrudging-tribute of Sir Frederick Bridge, who has charge of the musical arrangements. Again, the Westminster City Council have entrusted the decorative scheme for the Piccadilly portion of the processional route to Mr. Frank Brangwyn A R A and one of his three lieutenants is another Catholic artist’ Professor Gerald Moira, whose specialty is decorative work!