OBITUARY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2585, 20 August 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

SIR THEODORE MARTIN. United Press Assv.ciation—Copyriciit. LONDON, August IS. The death is announced of Sir Theodore Martin. [Sir Theodore Martin was born in Edinburgh in 1816, and was therefore 93 years of age. Ho was a solicitor and Parliamentary agent, but is better known in connection with literature and the drama. He married in 1851 the famous actress Helen Faucit, who died in IS9S, and whose life he wrote. His other writings covered a wide range, from the “Bon Gualtier Ballads” to the “Life of the Prince Consort,” and biographies of Queen Victoria, Lord Lyndhurst, Macready and Rachel. He also published many translations from classical and foreign literature.]

AIR. E. A. REES. The many friends of Mr. W. L. Rees will extend to him and his family their deepest sympathy in their bereavement by the loss of their son and brother, Air. E. A. Rees, whose death occurred in South Africa on Wednesday. The late Mr Edward Rees, familiarly known as “Ted” by his Gisborne companions, •was 38 years of age, and was educated at the Gisborne District High School and the Christchurch Boys’ High School. He afterwards joined his father in the practice of the law. AVhen the South African war broke out, tho deceased gentleman volunteered, but a defect in his eyesight prevented his enlistment. His patriotic spirit, however, caused him to work his passage, with a shipment of horses, to South Africa, where he enlisted in the Hotchkiss battery. He subsequently joined the New Zealanders at the seat of war, and returned to the Dominion with a batch of the 3rd Contingent. He afterwards joined the Bth Contingent, but left it at Auckland to take a commission in the 9th, returning to tho Transvaal for the second time. At the conclusion of the war, Air. Rees settled down in Pretoria, and entered into partnership in the legal profession with Mr: Joubert, a grand-nenliew of General Joubert, the celebrated comman-der-in-chief of the Transvaal forces. When the Magistrate’s Court was opened yesterday morning, Mr. W. A. Barton/S.M., said: “I have just received the sad news of the death in South Africa of Mr. Edward Rees. The late Air. Rees practised in this Court for many years, and for myself—l am sure you- will all agree with me—l found'him a most upright and honorable gentleman in every respect. On behalf of the Bench and the profession, 1 offer our deepest sympathy to the members of the family of the late Air. Edward Rees.” There, was a largo attendance of the members of the Bar, who remained standing while the Magistrate spoke. Air. G. Stock, on behalf of the solicitors present, endorsed what His Worship had' said., and the Court was adjourned for half an hour out of respect to the memory of the late member of the Bar.