OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15751, 18 November 1916, Page 4

OBITUARY.

I*l'. V. J. CHISHOLM. (r'KESS association- telegkau.) IH'XEDIX, Xovombcr J7. Tho. death is announced ol : the Itfn'. •Tamos Chishoini, the well-known 1 tcsbyterian minister, who was Moderator of the fJoncr.il As»oml}l£jn lf)08. He was "3 veal's of age. Mr Chisliolm was for many years a minister at Milton, and then at Palmerston North. He afterwards beeamo the -first minister of Koslyn. a position from which he retired a fow years ago. A Christehurch col loop; lie ' who knew h'.m well describes him as a minister of considerable pulpit gifts and literary tasty, and an influential member of the Otago Synod, who helped considerably to .shape its policy. Ho was born in Scotland, and came to New Zealand with his parents in the Three .Bells in 1858. Shortly after lie was attracted to ilie Gabriel's Gully gold rush, and met with success which enabled him to return to Scotland to study for tho ministry. He studied ot the Edinburgh University and at Dunedin, and was ordained in 1572. For 29 years he had charge at Milton, and in 1809 went to Palmerston North, where he succeeded in uniting the congregation which had, through a disagreement, split into two parties. In 1901 he returned. to the charge of the Roslyn church. Ho edited the "Outlook'" during the absence of Dr. "Waddoll. Mr Chisliolm married a daughter of Mr J. B. Park, of Dunedin. His '"Fifty Years' Syne" deals-ivith the history of the Ota go Presbyterian Church. MR G. S. BARTRUM. Mr G. S. Bartrum, who died in. Christehurch on Thursday, at the age of 89, -was one of the oldest residents of Rangiora. He -was a native of Bath, England, and was brought up to the profession of civil engineer. He came to kyttelton in the ship Stag in lSo'2, and settled on the Ferry road, where he engaged in farming. In 1867 he removed to Rangiora, and for a time was in tho carrying trade, subsequently resuming farming at Ashley, and then at Woodend. Eventually he returned to Rangiora, where he lived a serni-re-tired life. He was twice married, and lie and his first wife celebrated their golden wedding in April, 1902. He had three sons and six daughters, Mr C. H. Opie being one of his eons-in-law. '' The death occurred on "Wednesday of Mr James Stanislaus Little, secretaiy of the British Empire Trading Company, in Wellington. The deceased, who was' born-in Dublin 55 years ago, came from Victoria 12 years ago, after a residence of* 22 years in Australia. He took ill on Tuesday last, and died at 10 o'clock last night, after an operation. The late Mr Littlo was a fino singer, and belonged to one of tho Catholic Church choirs. He wa s a member of the Commercial Travellers' Association, and well known in business circles. He leaves a widow and several eons and daughters. The death of Mr Thomas Barron, wliich occurred at the Auckland Hospital on Monday, removes one who had long heen associated with Auckland on the waterfront as. a waterman, on tho goldfields as a mining prospector, ,and during the Maori war as a fighter. Deceased, who was in his seventy-eighth year at the time of his doatli, had earned his own living ever .since he was a boy thirteen years of age at Panmure. He came of a fighting family, his father having belonged to Sir Colin Campbell's famous 93rd Highlanders.