OBITUARY.

MR S. P. ANDREWS. Mr Samuel Paul Andrews, whoso death is recorded in this issue, wag at one time a noted public man in Christchurch, being a. member of the House of Representatives for Christciiurcii City, 1879-1881. Born in 183G in the Isle of "Wight, he was privately educated and apprenticed to the plasterer's trade. Like many others in the fifties, he came out to Victoria, and from there in 186-1 came, to Auckland as a plasterer. Ho was plasterer at tho Exhibition .Building in Dunedin, and shortly afterwards settled in this city. He "was a Freemason —a member of the Lodge Canterbury, E.G.. and P.G.M. of the Canterbury District —and a prominent temperance advocate. He sat as a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council, and was for three years in the City Council. Ho was for some time engaged as a contractor and quarry owner. He took keen interest in athletics, and "was champion sculler of New Zealand for five years. Ho was for years a vice-president of the Christchurch Sports Association. He was married in 1863 to a daughter of Mr B. Galiagan, and is survived by his widow, three sons and two daughters. One of his sons. Mr George Andrews, is now a sub-lieutenant in the British Navy. Mr Andrews was intimately associated with the "Wesleyan Church in Christchurch and was an office-bearer m the Xhirham street Church. The funeral takes place to-morrow at 11 a.m. at the Linwood cemetery. MR K. G. TURNER. The death occurred at Timaru yesterday morning, of Mr Kenneth Georgo Turner, third eon of the late Mr C. W. Turner. Mr Turner, who was 48 years of age, was educated at Christ's College, awLbefore entering the. service of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., served in his father's office. Subsequently Mr Turner became manager of the Bedford Mills, Timaru. He intimately became connected with the Now Zealand Flour Millers' Association, and for the past •five years sat on the Board of Directors. He leaves a widow and daughter. The death of Mr ATbert George Honey, late of Kumara, took place at Lake Sumner a days ago. Mr Honey, with his family, was well known in the, Callaghans district, and followed mining. He was a native of Adelaide, South Australia, and "was 70 years of ago. He leaves a wife and grown-up family of five sons —Messrs William (Kokiri). Horace (Greymouth), Robert (Christchnrch), Ernest (on "Times" staff, Hokitika), Alfred (Greymouth) and five daughters—Mesdames J. Thompson, A. Hansford (Hokitika), and Misses Emeline and Ethel (Christchurch), and Frances, with her mother at Greymouth. The death is announced of Mr Donald Mcintosh, of Fairfax, a very old resident of Southland. He was 78 yeara-of age and arrived in New Zealand in 1863. •