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TP.S" 75TH BIRTHDAY,
JOURNALIST AND STATESMAN.
AURSDAY, DECEMBER Grя, 1929.
a very good time on the whole. Despite the handicaps, and with appar ently a dreary future before him, on the second day he was in London. in 1970, A striking tribute to the unique posts the said to himself he would never leave tìon Mr. T. P. O'Connor. M. Pa pecupies London again, and he never had. He in political life and in journalism was loved every street of the great city; he accorded to him on October 20th at the loved its life, and he loved its people, Savoy Hotel on the occasion of his 75th ; and that night was his golden night, be- birthday, Every phase of public and cause London had taken him to its heart. social life was represented at the distio- (Cheers.) guished gathering, which., numbering nearly 300 guests, was presiiled over by the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (Beere tary for Foreign-Affairs), who, with the guest of honour on his immediate right, had the support of the American, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese Aarbas. sadors, and the Roumanian Minister, also the Lord Chief Justice. the Earl of Derby (Secretary for War), Sir William Jorn- son Hicks, M.P. (Minister of Health). Viscount. Burnham, and the Right Hon. Winston Churchill.
The Marquis Curzon said: We are met here to-night to do honour to the sprightly young journalist who sits on my right (laughter) who at the age of 3 has assumed the editorship of a new journal,
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and who is about to leave the hazards of A. TACK & Co., Fleet-street, in which we all of us wish our young friend success, (Laughter and Hear, hear.) But ang apprehensions wwe might feel on that point are relieved, by our knowledge that he did exactly the same thing some fifty years ago~(laugh- ter and Hear, hear ")-that he has been doing the same thing at regular in-- tervals ever since-(hear, hear)-and that this young novice whom we see hero is really the Nestor of British journalism: and is by far the most competent, popu lar. and successful journalist in
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forth on that career with a greater mes HONGKONG CIGAR STORE, LTD. sure of congratulation, confidence, and goodwill from the vast community who all him their friend (Cheers.) Now it is my pleasant duty to say something about Mr. O'Connor to-night. Where I nm to begin. how I am to continue, and where I am to end. I hardly know. There have been so many phases in the brilliant areer or our guest in which we may regard him as politician. " member of Parliament, the present "Father of the House of Commons." as statesman of European reputation. We may conten plate him as the most successful journal 67, QUEEN'S ist of his tinie, or we may regard him- perhaps he would prefer to be si regard ed-as a very human person-thear, hear) as a trusted and valued friend
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Member British Chamber of Commercù (Shanghai) Mr.T. W. BOWERN, Fallow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Incor parated by Royal Charter, Londen, arre
What worlds are there our guest has aut conquered?" his lordship asked. "What papers are "there he has not edited. At one period he created the Sun to the day, at nother period he created the Star to govern the night
BIKASHI AGENTS AND SHIFRROKEAS, (Laughter.) Then he proceeded to edit
For the Purchase, Sale and Charter of Vessela n paper called There, of course, he laid hold of the map of life, and, of sar Tonnage, Passenger and/or Cargo, New Gnally, to-day I got for the first time and/or Old, with delivery China at Very Low
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SALVAGE OPERATORS, MARINE SURVEYORS and C'user's Weekly. We have all of us
AUCTIONEKES, COAL MERCHANTE, read those fournals of his for our edi
FREIGHT BROKES, METAS MERCHANTS, fication, our information, and our delight,
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He has achieved success in every walk of life in which he has entered he has conquered the "ennuities of earlier days and has earned the gratitude and the admiration of us all, and now we groet him in the heyday of his youthful old age already five years beyond the normal apaa, snapping his fingers in the face of the Psalmist who evidently was a very responsible person; probably a journalist of the early times (laughter) we see. our friend here still endowed with all the vigour, high spirits, and warmth of heart,! and the humour of youth. We wish him long life and prosperity, Long as the years be for him, they can hardly do any thing to deepen and to strengthen the admiration, affection, and regard which we feel for our friend. I have been asked to present to him, before I con- clude, on behalf of some of his friends, A memorial of their affection and esteem, and 1.ask you to join me, with enthus jasm. in drinking the health of one of
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i uk O'CONNOR'S REMINISCENCES.
MTP O'Connor, în reply, unid He came to London just at the time of the war between France and Germany in 1870, and he still remembered; the agony with which he read of the reverses of the French Armies. He bellived ho was the first British; journalist to write for The Daily Telegraph, the translation of the surrender of Sedan He remember- ed the agony of deandir with which he heard that Germany was going to necom- plish that great crime and annex Alsace. Lorraine He prayed then that he might live to see the day when Alsace. Lorraine would be restored to the mother- land, and be thanked heaven he had done so, (Cheers.) Like Dickens, he came
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