OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19815, 31 December 1929, Page 8

OBITUARY.

REV. FATHER O'HARE. The Cathedral Diocese has suffered a great loss in the Reverend Father Alexander O'Hare, who died last night, after a short illness. A native of Belfast, Ireland, he came to NewZealand. "J'2 years ago, at the invitation of Bishop Grimes. He had been successively attached to the Cathedral, and to the parishes of Ashburton, Ahaura, Knmara, and Lincoln, besides being the chaplain at Mount Magdala. It is a year since he was appointed the- first resident priest of the newly established parish of Beckenham, and his work has alreadv made itself manifest in many ways. * Father O'Hare will be remembered always for his great devotion to duty; for his learning and jovial wit; and for an infinite capacity for sympathy. The burial will take place from the Cathedral on Thursday, following Pontifical Requiem Mass at 9.30 a.m.

SIR JAMES THOMSON. The death is announced of Sir James Thomson, K.C.5.1., at his home at St. Albans, England, at the age of 81 years. Sir James, who had a long and varied career as an administrator in India, married in IS9B Margaret Ellen, daughter of Charles Franklin Todhunter, of Westerfield, Canterbury.

MR W. B. LAWSON. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUXEDIN, December 30. The death occurred at Tautuku yesterday of Mr William Blackwood Lawson, who was a passenger on board the Manuka. He contracted acute pneumonia as a result of exposure following the wreck. He was aged 52.

ALFRED BATES. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 30th, 7.50 p.m.) LONDON, December 30. The death is announced of Alfred Bates, art-metal worker, and the inventor of the steel helmet which the British troops wore in the war.

DR. JONATHAN CARVER. (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 30th, 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 30. A message from Dallas, Texas, states that Dr. Jonathan Carver, the noted British geologist, was killed in a motorcar eoltision. Representing the British Museum, he had been digging Indian ruins in Arizona for several months. He was en route to London with specimens when death overtook him.