OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20524, 18 April 1932, Page 13

OBITUARY.

MR J. H. C. BOND. ' [TBS PRESS Special Service.] - WELLINGTON, April 17. flie death is announced of Mr John Hemy Casson Bond, Dominion superintendent of the New Zealand Shipping Company, aged CO years. He underwent an operation on Thursday and appeared i to be recovering, but died this evening after a heart attack. Mr Bond was born in Nelson in 1872, and was educated at Nelson College. He joined the service of the Union Steam Ship Company in 1889, and served first in the company's Nelson office. He was later purser in many Union Company vessels, including those running in the Qau Francisco service. Mr Bond was appointed chief cleric in the company s Auckland office in 1899, and was a er manager at Gisborne and Auck* an . He was for some years assistant general manager at the head office in JJunedin, being appointed to that position m 190 During the years of the reat War he was general traffic *° r Union Company. In . , e was appointed Dominion superintendent for the New Zealand Shipping Company, and held that position until the time of his death. Mr Bond lea,ves a widow, two sons, p„ ? larc " ee Bon d and Mr Kenneth Bond and a daughter, Mrs Taylor, all Mr V p° m * n ® n £land. His brother, M Percy Bond, is interested in the Hawer# -Star." His father, Mr W. l. Bond, is still living in Nelson. THE REV. DR. WADDELL. j [THE press Special Service.] DUNEDIN, April 17. The death occurred in a private hospital on Saturday night at the age of 8- of the Rev. Dr. Waddell, for many years minister of St. Andrew's Church, and one of the foremost literary men in New Zealand. A scholar of outstanding attainments, and a man of deep human understanding, he exercised an enormous influence for good from the pulpit and with his pen. He retained to the very end those faculties which earned him the distinction and regard in which ho was held. References to his death and to tho loss the community has suffered were made in leading city churches to-day. MR THOMAS FOWLER. Mr Thomas Fowler, a director of the Auto Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of Auckland, has died in Wellington at tho age of 49 years. His mother, who survives him, is a granddaughter of tho late Mr Spickman, who arrived in Now Zealand with the Rev. Samuel 'Marsden's first missionary party. After serving his apprenticeship in Auckland, Mr Fowler went to England in search of wider engineering experience, and lator carried out constructional con- ! tracts for various companies in Cornwall, Austria, and Australia. In 1909 lie was specially engaged by Messrs Frank Elmore, Ltd., as erection engineer specialist of what was, at that time, tho largest tin recovery plant in the Federated Malay States. During the Great War he was associated with the British Government in tho bullet-pro-duction department of the Woolwich Arsenal. — J 1 MR MICHAEL RIORDAN. The death of Mr Michael Riordan took placo at his residence, Leeston, j on Friday, after a long illness. Widely i known and highly respected because ot 1 his sterling qualities, ready sympathy, j and willingness to help any good cause, he will be greatly missed. The eldest son of the late Mr Maurice Riordan, of Southbridge, Mr Michael i Riordan spent some years in the s North Island as a young man. Over j 30 years ago he and his brother, Mr a Thomas Riordan (now residing in Christchnrch), established a successful storekeeping business at Southbridge, which they conducted for a number of I years. On severing his connexion with 1 the business, Mr M. Riordan took over t the old Royal Hotel, at Southbridge, from the late Mr R. P. Hill. On the destruction of the proDertv by fire, he acquired the Southbridge Hotel, which ( lie conducted for a number of years. I For a time he went out of business and lived in Christohurch. but later a ourchased the Dovleston Hotel, which he conducted until about 18 months ago. when he decided to retire per manently and built a residence at Leeston.

White at Southbridge Mr Rio'rdan took a most active interest in matters nortniniTr to tlie welfare of the district. For come vonrs be a member of the Town "BonH. and wfls also i mos+ e'ltbi'cin'" 1 on- 1 nodular snrtprof the Volunteer Fire Bripnde. which, at that time, was a verv live body. Sports clubs and other bodies received hi<s generous support. He was n member of tho Leeston Catholic Church, and many years ago became 1 member of the St. John's branch of the Hibernian Society. Mr Riordan is survived by his widow. Their onlv son died many years ago. Eloauent proof of the high regard in which the late Mr Riordan was held was aftorded yesterday afternoon, when the funeral took place. A short service was held at the Leeston Catholic Church before the cortege moved off to the Catholic Cemetery, where over 100 motor vehicles assembled. Representatives of all parts of the district and of all sections of the community were present, and there were many friends from Christchlircji and other parts of Canterbury. The burial service was read by the parish priest, tho Rev. Father Creed, assisted by the Rev. Father R. O'Gorman. The lvarers were six members of '«' ie Hibernian Societv: —Bros. A. D. Carroll (president), R. J. McMahon, B. Greenan. A. Carroll, J. McMahon, and E. R. V. Winter.

MR G. B. HILL. Mr Gerald Bernard Hill, who was for many years connected with the State Fire Insurance Office in New Zealand, died suddenly at his residence, 7 Stoneyhurst street, on Saturday evening. Mr Hill, who was 72 years of age, was a native of England. He was educated at a public school in . Durham, and spent some time iu the United States before coming to New Zealand. For about four years he was the accountant of the State Fire Insurance branch ir* Ciiristch'urch, and was then transferred, as manager, to Dunedin. After retiring from the office lie returned to Ciiristchurch to reside. Two of Mr Hill's sons were killed in the Great War, one i» in England, and another in the North Island. Two daughters are nuns in the Colombo Sireet Convent. Mrs Hill survives her husband.

MR G. H. HAMPTON. At the age of 32 years, Mr George Henry Hampton, youngest son of the late Mr Christopher Hampton, died oil Thursday at h'3 residence, Broad street, Southbridge. Although nis health had not been good for a long period, li 3 was confined to bed for only . a week before his death. The late Mr Hampton received his education at the Southbridge District High School, and ' later was associated with his brothers ■ in the business of threshing mill proprietors. A single man, Mr Hampton was held in high regard throughout the district. He had been a member of the Old Oak Lodge of Druids for a number of years. Members of Old Oak and other lodges attended the funeral, which took plncc on Saturday afternoon, at which there was a large attendance. DOWAGER LADY COWDRAY. \ (USITEP PRESS ASSOCIATION —81 ELZCTItIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT.) (Received April 17tli, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 10. The death is announced of Annie, Dowager Lady Cowdray. [Annie, Dowager Lady Cowdray was a daughter of Sir. John Cass of Bradford, and in 1881 married Weetman Pearson, head of the engineering firm of S. Pearson and Son. This firm under his direction developed rapidly and undertook some of the biggest bridgebuilding and other constructional contracts in the world. Mr Pearson was made Baron Cowdray in 1910, and a viscount in 1916. Ho had a Scottish seat at Dunccht in Aberdeenshire. Lord Cowdray, who was a great philanthropist, died in May, 1927, his funeral | taking place on the very day on which I he and Lady Cowdray wero to have received tho freedom of Aberdeen for ! their many local benefactions. In tho speech which he had prepared, Lord Cowdray referred to his happiness in a "well-mated wife beyond all praise or price." In October Lady Cowdray was presented with tho caskets containing the burgess tickets admitting to the freedom of the city of Aberdeen and signed tho roll on behalf of her husband as well as for herself. She also handed over tho Cowdray Hall to tho city and university. In .7'une, 1927, she was elected High Steward of C-olchester in succession to the latt> Lord Cowdray, being the first woman to hold such a post. In 1928 she took a course to which the heavy taxation following the war had already driven many other owners of large estates—that of turning tho estate into a limited company. Not only did such a step tend to'more businesslike running of the property, but it also avoided some of the crippling charges which would otherwise fall on it at the death of an owner. The Cowdray estates in Scotland, which cover about 30.000 acres, arc in Kincardineshire as well as Aberdeenshire. Tho company formed was registered as'Dunccht Estates, Ltd., with a capital of between £600,000 and £700,000. Dowager Lady Cowdray was made managing director and there were two other directors. It was announced that the object was to centraliso the management and that, as the expenditure on maintenance and improvements had been very high, it was necessary in view of modern tendencies and

methods to adopt the company system,