OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 7

OBITUARY.

MR. JOHN COONEY. The death has occurred of ex-Detective Sergeant John Cooney, aged 80, of Symonds Street. Born in Victoria in 1850, Mr. Cooney served in the EgyptSudan War in ISB4 and held the Khedive Star and British war medals, and also the long-service medal. He joined the police force in Dunedin in ISB9, serving there for IS years. He did duty later at Thames and Hamilton and retired at New Plymouth on February 13, 1920. MR. ALFRED WORRALL. One of the oldest residents in the Epsom district, Mr. Alfred Worrall, has died at the age of 81 years. Mr. "Worrall, who had lived in Epsom for 04 years, came out from Home in the sailing ship Chile. He took an active part in local affairs from the time when Epsom was a sparsely-populated rural district up to the present. For many years he held office on the Epsom Road Board, as a member and as chairman, on the Epsom School Committee in the same capacities, and also for about half a century on the vestry of St. Andrew's Church. It was largely owing to his efforts that there was established a fund making it possible to keep the churchyard in its present excellent order. Only comparatively recently, owing to advancing age, he resigned his position of superintendent of the Sunday school conj nected with St. Andrew's "Church. The church where he sang as a choir hoy in Birmingham was also called St. Andrew's. Mr. Worrall is survived by his wife and ten children, as well as a number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. DR. W. A. CHAPPLE. i . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Private cable advice received in Wellington from London announces the death of Dr. William Allan Chappie, former member for Tuapeka in the New Zealand Parliament and a former' member of the House of Commons. Dr. Chappie, who was born at Alexandra, Otago, in 1864, practised as a surgeon in Wellington until I9OG. He represented Tuapeka in the House of Representatives from June, 1908, until the dissolution in October of the same year. Dr. Chappie later went to the Old Country, and in 1910 was elected to the House of Commons as Labour member for Stirlingshire, which seat he held until 1918. From 1922 to 1921 he represented Dumfriesshire. He had travelled in,many countries and was the author of a number of publications. MR. A. KINGLAKE MEADE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A link with an old and titled English I family has been severed by the death of Mr. Apperley Kinglake Meade, after a short illness. Mr. Meade was born in North Curry, England, and was the second son of the late Dr. Robert Garnsev Meade. A member of this old family was General G. G. Meade, who commanded the Federal Army at the famous Battle of Gettysburg during the civil war in America. MR. P. M. PAGE.

The death lias 1 - occurred at Auckland I of Mr. Percy Morgan Page, of Eemuei'a. j Mr. Page was born in Nottingham, j England, in 1872, and at an early age moved with this parents to Canada, where he became active in the forestry and fur industries of* that Dominion. Subsequently the family settled in New Zealand, where in 1911 he joined the Xew Zealand State Forestry Department, in an association which was to last for the next 20 years. During that time he was in the forefront of forestry development as surveyor, ranger and extension officer. In 1926 Mr. Page had the honour to represent the State Forest Service at the South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin. Mr. Page was the author of many publications on forestry, and introduced forestry into the schools. In 1931 he retired from tlie State Forestry Service, and lived in retirement in Remuera. He is survived by his widow. CAPTAIN THOMAS SCOTT. Captain Thomas Scott, who was welt known in Auckland shipping circles, has died at the age of 64 years. He was born in 1872 and first went to sea in the cutter Gannet, with Captain W. Spencer. He later joined the barque Alice in which he made a, couple of voyages to New York. Returning to Auckland h<* joined the Devonport Steam Ferry Company and was for some time in charge of a ferry boat until he took charge nt a tug. When the Auckland Launch and Tugboat Company took over the Young Bungaree, Captain Scott remained with the yessel and was in the employ of the tugboat company for 14 years. He leaves a wife and two grown-up sons. MRS. ROWENA BRODIE. By the death of Mrs. Rowena Brodie, of 52, Upland Road, Remuera, St. Mark's Church has lost a staunch supporter of long standing. Mrs. Brodie, who was esteemed by a wide circle of friends, was born in Devonshire and arrived in Auckland with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, in the ship William Watson in 1557. Mr. Williams was one of the, first settlers in the Remuera district and bought 1200 acres in the vicinity of what is now known as Victoria Avenue. The . property was known as Fairfield. In the year 1870 Miss Williams married Captain Francis Brodie, late of the 71st Highland Light Infantry. The marriage was performed by the late Bishop Cowie in the Bishop's Chapel, which is still standing in St. Stephen's Avenue. After living in Parnell for a time the couple went to Remuera, where Mrs. Brodie has since resided. She was one of the oldest members of St. Mark's Church and was associated with it all her life. Mrs. Brodie was a well-known water-colour artist and some of her paintings are in the possesion of wellknown statesmen in various parts of the world. She was a pupil of the famous water-colour artist, Mr. J. Hoyte, R.A.. and also took lessons from the late Mr. Kenneth Watkins. Mrs. Brodie is survived by two sons, Mr. F. M. Brodie (Remuera), and Mr. L. S. Brodie (Wellington), and three daughters, Mrs. J. D. Levis (Manure wa 1, Mrs. T. Shepherd and Miss K. Brodie (Remuera).