OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16370, 15 November 1918, Page 8

OBITUARY.

Hit C. W. REID. Much regret will be felt in business, sporting, and other circlcs at4he news of the death of Mr C. W. Reid, which j took place last night. Th e late Mr Reid was a son of the late Mr John Reid, of Elderslie, near Oamaru, a nd a brother of Mr J. B. Reid. Ho was a partner in the stock and station agency business of Messrs Pyne and Co., of this city, and was highly popular amongst a large circlc of acquaintances. With others the late Mr lleid was prominent in connexion with tho stops taken locaiiv to raise funds for the relief of the Belgians, and, lie took a keen and practical interest in all patriotic movements. As a member of a family which has dono so much for tho development of the thoroughbred horse in New Zealand, Mr lleid naturally took a keen interest in racing. During his residence ; n Oaniartf he was one of the leading members of tho North Otago Jockey Club, and held office as its piesident. Of recent years he had raced several horses,, among the number being Kilrea. who won the Dunedin Guineas last season. The late Mr Reid's son, Captain Reid, is at present on active service in Palestine. MR DONALD GRANT. A telegram from Timaru states that Mr Donald Grant, a well-known Temuka sheep breeder, died yesterday of influenza. MR WALTER CRYSELL. Mr 1 ' Walter Crysell, an old and respected lesvdont of the • Cust district, passed away on Thuisday. He was born in Essex in 1837, and came out to South Australia at the ago of 18 years in 1855. Five years later he came to New Zealand, and took up land in the Cust district, afterwards removing to West Eyretonj but for the last fourteen years he had lived with his son, at Cust. Mr Crysell took a keen interest in church affaire, and was on the vestry of St. James's and a member of the West Eyre ton Road Board and School Committee "for a number of y<ears. He leaves two sons and one daughter and seven grandchildren to mourn their less. «

MR F. T. RUNDLE. Our correspondent writes that quite a gloom was cast over the Ladbrooks district by the death of tho local schoolmaster, . Mr Frederick Thomas Rundle, who passed away on Sunday evening. He had been ailing for some time, although performing his duties in the school. The funeral took place on Tuesday morning, and was largely attended. The late Mr Bundle leaves a widow and three children to mourn their loss. The death occurred at Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon of Mr Ernest Falck, after a very short illness. Mr Falck was attacked with influenza on Saturday afternoon, doable pneumonia supervening. Mr Falck, who was 43 years of age, was one of the best known and most popular travellers in Otago and South Canterbury, having been on tho road for many years. He represented, first, Messrs P. Benjamin and Co. as a traveller, and on that firm going out of business he joined Messrs Bing, Harris, and Co. He was at one time a well-known ginger on the Dunedin concert platform, and also took a keen interest in bowling. He leaves a wife (a daughter of the late Mr Lichtenstein, a Jewish Rabbi) and a son about four years of age. "Word has been received in Wellington of the death from pneumonia, on October 31st, of Mr William Anderson, late of the Union Company's pursers' staff. Mr Anderson, who was twenty, years of age was purser on the Mapourika for some time before he went into camp in April, and left with the 41st Reinforcements. His death occurred on a hospital ship. . A son of Mr A. E. Glover, M.P. for Auckland Central, died of pneumonia at his parents' residence, Cheltenham Beach, Auckland, this week. The deceased, Alfred Frank Maguire Glover, was 29 years of age, and was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Glover.

The death is announced of Mr R. H. Robertshawc, of Dannevirke. The late Mr Robertehawe, who was a victim of the prevailing epidemic, was a wellknown lawyer, a borough councillor, and a vestryman of the Church of England. His widow is a daughter of Mr Pahiatua The tfeahh occurred at Wellington on Tuesday, of Mr H. T. Wiltshire, of Messrs "Briscoe axld Co.'s city department. Mr Wiltshire was in perfect health up to a few days ago, when ho had to lay up with an attack of iiffluenza. The late Mr Wiltshire was the youngest son of the late Mr George Wiltshire, for many years engineer and surveyor to the Citv Council, and leaves a wife and ono child. -s

The death froni influenaa of Mr J. H. Malcolm, headmaster of Te Aro School, Wellington, occurred on Monday night. The late. Mr Malcolm was born in Dunfermline, Scotland., in 1865. He finished his training as a teacher at the Nornihl School, Chri6tchurch, and Canterbury CcJlego. In 1887 he was appointed assistant at the Greymouth District High School. After considerable service at Greymouth he joined the Wellington Education Board, and during'the last twenty years had held the positions of . headmaster at Featherston, Scarborough, Mitcheltown, and Te Aro Schools. The late Mr Malcolm was a very, capable teacher and a man of genial disposition, and: his untimely death has come as a shock to his large circle of friends. He has left a widow and family. His father died -Jast year. Mr Norman M. White, of Napier, died on Monday, at the residence of Mr W. H. Hartgill, .tit Dannevirke. Deceased was aged 31 years, and leaves a widow and two children. The late Mr White was_ for several years prominent in athletics. He had been staying with Mr Hartgill since his return from the Palmerston North Show, and following on a chill, influenza developed, and he succumbed from heart failure. Deceased was a son of Mr W. Kinross White, of Napier, and had been farming at Te Aute. A very well known resident of Auckland, Mr Maurice Casey, died on Monday. Mr Casey, who was born in New South Wales in 1847, went with his parents to New Caledonia in 1859. He arrived in Auckland in 1870, and shortly afterwards went to the Thames as manager of the Grahamstown and Tararu Tramway Co , subsequently acquiring that business. He returned to Auckland in 1884, and took up contracting, stock-dealing, and timber trading ■until 1895, when ho became a partner in the firm of Parker, Lamb and Co. Up to the time of his death Mr Casey had been for many years a member of the Auckland City" douncil. and he also served on the City Licensing Committee. Latterly he lived in retirement, but retained an interest in business coaccrns :md mining companies. Deceased is survived % his widow, four sons, and six daughters. The death oocurred at Cambridge "on Sunday of Mr A. A. Clapcott, resident! inspector under the Agricultural De-'i partment. Mr Clapcott, who had been i m indifferent health for 6ome time, ' leaves a widow and two young children. ; Mr William Patrick, who died at Dunedin, was a Stirlingshire man but brought up near Kirkintilloch, Scotland. He was born in 1839, educated at Kilsyth, and trained to country ' work, largely amongst cattle. He came • to Otago by the ship Lady Egidia in 1862. He started farming in the Tokomairiro district and afterwards on i the N.Z. and AX. Company's estate. He began as a butcher in Dunedin in : 1870, and conducted a large and sue- ] cessful trade until he retired in 1901. i In 1880 he leased a mixed at. i

Outram. and with it in 1897 won the model farm priz«. Ho was a conspicuous figure in the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and rose to the presidency. He also for years acted as a director of the Standard Insurance Company. He was better known ldfcely as "the soldiers' friend," having fitted them out with premises known as the Anzae Club. He bought the place for the returned boys over two years ago, and the rooms have ever since been well patronised.