OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18095, 10 June 1924, Page 8

OBITUARY.

LORD ARMAGHDALE. (BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTBIQHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND M.Z. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, June 8. The death is announced of Baron Armaghdale. [Sir John Lonsdale—ho had been created a baronet in 1911—was raised to the peerage in 1918. He was 74 years old, and sat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1918 as Conservative member for Mid-Armagh, being, for the greater part of that period, secretary of the Irish Unionist Party. There is no heir to the title.] LORD PIRRIE. (redter's telegrams.) (Received June 9th, 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, June 8. The death is announced of Lord Pirrie, while voyaging from Buenos Ayres to New York. [Lord Pirrie—he was created a baron in 1906 and raised to viscount in 1921 — was born in Quebec 77 years ago. Ho entered Harland and Wolff's shipbuilding and engineering establishment in 1862, became a partner in 1874, and was latterly chairman. He was Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1896-97. Lord Pirrie leaves no heir.] MR G. F. TOOMAN. SYDNEY, June 9. The death is announced of Mr G. F. Tooman, "director of the British-Aus-tralasian Tobacco Company. He was a munificent donor to various hospitals. MR GUS SOHLKE. LONDON, June 8. The death is announced of Mr Gus Sohlke, theatrical producer. [Mr Gus Sohllte was 58 years old, and his connexion with the theatre went back 46 years. He was already producer for most of the prominent managers in the United States when he crossed to London in 1912 to produce "Come Over Here." Since that date he had established himself in England.] SIR ARTHUR MASON. CAPE TOWN, June 8. Tlie death is announced of Sir Arthur Mason, a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. [Sir Arthur Mason was 63 years old, und a native of Natal. Hp took his Arts degree at London and was admitted as a solicitor in Natal in 1881. He became a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Natal in 1896, and transferred to t?te Transvaal in 19u2. His knighthood was conferred in 1902.]

Mr Andrew Macfarlane, of Dunedin, whose death was announced in yestevday's issue, was 81 years of age, and was one of the early settlers of Otago. Ho was born at Eenfrew, Scotland, in 1343, and came to New Zealand with his father and his brother (Mr John Macfarlane) in 1862, _by the ship Aboukir. He was engaged in farming at Wingatui for a short period, and, then started business as a grocer -on September 2Gth, 1863, at thci top of what is now York place, Dunedin. He was there for about 12 months, and then bought into a, Maclaggan . street business, where 'the well-known groc cry firm of A. and J. Macfarlane was"" established. During that period of business, which ended about four year.-, ago, when Mr Macfarlane retired, the firm also financed several large contracts as a side-line business, and these included the Oamaru breakwater apd the Silverstreani water-race, Mr Macfarlane was also well known as a successful breeder of Ayrshire cattle, and ho owned the farm known as Ayrshire Park, Riverside, Taieri. He was one o£ the founders of the Taicfci and Peninsula Milk Supply Company, and was for many years chairman of directors. He was also a life-member of the A. ar.il P. Society, and was a familiar figure at several shows held throughout the Dominion, being a judge of, Ayrshire cattle and dairy pfoduce. Mr Macfarlane was of a retiring disposi tion, taking little interest in public life. ■ He was a keen bowler and an active member of the Boslyn Club. Mr Macfarlane's wife died three and a half years ago, and he is survived by a grown-up family—Mrs Robert Wales. Mrs' C. H. Matthews, Mrs A. P. Cheyne, Mrs J. A. Gow (Christchurch), Mrs C. Pannell (South Canterbury), Mr J. Macfarlane (Windsor), and Mr A. W. Macfarlane (Omarama).