OBITUARY

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 11784, 31 July 1935, Page 3

OBITUARY

LATE MR CECIL O. M. OLLIVIER. Mr Cecil Claude Morton Ollivler, whose death occurred in Christchurch on Saturday, after an illness of eight months, was one'of the city’s most highly-esteemed business men. Mr Oilivier was in his 58th year. Although he was known to a large proportion of the. public through his business connections—he was on the directorate of a number of prominent c6rapanies*in the,city—his close association with trotting in the Dominion and in Christchurch particularly made him .a familiar figure to thousands of followers of that sport. - Mr Oilivier, who was the son of Mr Arthur Morton Oilivier, was born in Christchurch In July, 1878 He was educated at Christ’s College, where he took a prominent part in scholastic and sporting life, representing the college at both football and cricket In 1895 arid 1896. Mr Oilivier early showed a leaning toward a career in financial circles, and studied to be an accountant. He was m business as a consulting accountant for some years, in the firm of Oilivier Brothers, and the kriowledge of business .methods he gained in those years proved Invaluable when he gave his attention to the management of the companies in which he was interested.

One of his most striking attributes as a company director and business adviser was, his ability, to analyse complicated accounts and lay .bare the essential features of a firm’s business operations, to point to its weaknesses and its strength, arid to make valuable suggestions for improvement.

. _ Mr Ollivier was a very keen trotting enthusiast, and besides racing on a fairly extensive scale, he bred w »s a vice-president, of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, which he represented on many occasions at the annual conference of trotting dub delegates. He -was also a member of the stipendiary stewards’ committee, and was on the executive of the New Zealand Trotting Conference. When racing under the assumed name of "Mr c (manning” he won the New Zealand cupand National Cup in 1922 with Agathos, and in later years he won the Great Northern Derby and New Brighton Handicap with Glenelg. ww 1?06 T.,^ r 011ivier married Miss Florence Milsom, a daughter of Mr Henry Wilsom, of Christchurch, and he js survived by his widow, five sons and one daughter. His sons are Messrs Arthur, lan, Walter, Prank andEecil Ollivier. Messrs Arthur and lan Ollivier are farming at Pongakawa. The other sons and the daughter. Miss Lois Ollivier; are resident in Christchurch.