OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 9

OBITUARY.

PASSES-G OF TWO EMTSTXT J? m _ j The deaths or two very eminent men i, in the world of stockbreeding- and agri- ( culture are recorded, and -will leave &k bank in their respecu.e spheres that i : will not. be easily filled. By Romney . ita-rsh breeders in all parts of the world. . the name of Air, Charles File, of FJthain. Canterbury, England, has bee a for . years as a household word. He passed ' away in bis fifty-sixth year, after a ( short illne_-i-. He was one of the vicepresidents of the Kent or Romney | lilarsh theep Breeder?' Association. Mr. \' File probably did more for the Rovnney ' Marsh breed than anyone else, and it is • admitted that the flock which he broaeht together is entitled to be ac- . knowlßdged~as the champion of its breed. ; ' The highßSt priced Romney Marsh ever : sold was sold by him last year at 300 j guineas at the Royal Shaw. He held j ; championships «™3 challenge cups and • : other trophies by the dozen, but. he was ■ ever ready to congratulate a successful | ■ opponent, and could accept a. defeat with . characteristic equanimity. The other ■ prominent- figure in agricultural circles • i was the Very. Rev. Dr. GiUespie, of < Dumfries, Scotland. He was more - ■identified with Scottish a.ffrirultUTe than • English, and was a notable figure at the ' Royal ihowyards for many years. Xo troublp was" too great for him to take ' in (.he intrros-t of agriculture, or of the farmer-. He was chairman of the West : of Scotland Agricultural College, and, ■ in lac*, no forward movement was con- '■ sidf-rfd complete without the "Doctor"' jt it- head, or working in conjunction. ! H;s !..-,i.. will hp keenly felt, more es- 1 : rruallv in Scotland, where his influence hi agricultural matters iva= ;o universally recognised.