OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19481, 30 November 1928, Page 9

OBITUARY.

MR R. H. CAWBAGE. (UHIMD SRJSS 4880CIATI0K—1>T BUtCTBIfI raiEOEiiPB—CQ?*MOBT.) • i SYDNEY, Noyen»her 30.' The death is anounced of Mr H. - Oonibage, C.8.E., F.L.S., & - guishcd scientist and formerly Uridff- , Sepretary for Mines in J?eV South' Wales, aged ; Bixty-nine.-rAuatraJifcu Press Association. ' 1 j . [Mr Gamboge, was predict of $e Institution of Surveyors for three yewtf , snd chief mining suryejw from.#®? 1° 1915, then being appointed Seprptftry : for Mines. He wrote many papers on botanical subjects and in 1904 was ' v elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He_ published, in 1920!, a book on exploration beyond the Upper Nepean.]

MR F. H. BUTLER. (united PRESS ASSOCJATXOK-Br JtBCTftW temgbaph—coptwght.) LONDON, November 29. The death is announood of Mr Frank Hedges Butler, the musician and pioneer of aviation, afc the age of 73 years.—-Australian Press Association. [Mr Butler was a constant worker in . the cause of the motorist, and later flf aeronauts. He was first treasurer of the Boyal Automobile Society, und W<» responsible for the carrying out of , many useful services, including the obtaining of permission for cars to go on various racecourses. He founded tJ}e Royal Club'in 1901, and was a frequent winner at tho club's first bal- . loon races. In 1905 he made a world record for the ■ longest cross-Channel sea voyage by balloon, from London to in Normandy. 'His travels were - extensive, including /a visit tq New Zealand.]