OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 19 September 1935, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR GEORGE MADDEN (B*»cUi *o not rszss.) . OAMARU, September, 18. The death occurred this afternoon of Mr George Madden, aged 68 years, a well-known carrier of Oamaru. Mr Maddeh, who was born at Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, cahie to New Zealand at the age of four. For many years he lived at Lyttelton, where he was a foreman stevedore. He was then a well-known miniature rifle shot in the Naval Reserve and also took a keen interest in yachting. He came to Oamaru 11 years ago. He was a member of the Meadowbank Bowling Club and an enthusiastic supporter of the North Otago Coursing Club. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs McGrath and Miss Rita Madden, both of Oamaru. MR A.' V. PENN AUCKLAND, September 18. The death has occurred of Mr Arthur Valentine Penn, who was for many years a well-known customs official in Auckland, and held the post of collector from 1625 to 1628. Mr Penn was born in England, arriving in Taranakl with his parents in 1881. He joined the Customs Department in 1884, and, after serving fo* four years ia Auckland, spent 20 vears in different South Island ports, before returning to Auckland. He retired in 1928. DR. PETER GILES (Received September 18, 7.5 pjn.) RUGBY, September 1?. The well-known philologist and classical scholar, Dr. Peter Giles, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, since 1911, and doyen of the heads of the Cambridge colleges, died to-day. He was 74 years old.

The following biographical tribute to Dr. Peter Giles was supplied last evening by Bishop West-Watson, who was personally associated with him at ftnm&nuel College. Cambridge:Dr. Peter Giles—'Peter' as he was 2? IC Sw^X»i falown by generations oi Emmanuel men—succeeded Mr cnawner as Master of Emmanuel College some 25 years ago. He was one 2£..« a ,* rou P of brilliant Aberdeen students who came to Cambrige to elected to fellowships at Cam- & dg n, colle % es V, Dr - Gi les came from Gonville and Caius College to Emmanuel m the eighties of last century, WtmS 8 -/*! man , y years a classical i?SE™ at th ? ooll ege. He specialised in philology, in which subject he was heSllffi leCtl lT- and on which ne published an able manual ehaSriuS? IS ?u fDr some time a vice " wnf^° r - 1 * diversity. But he men rhfJS J l6 m . emor y <* Emmanuel *» his genial and kindlv . r « D ,V lin ' formerly headmaster of Bath College, Dr Giles made e|eTfJlnV 0 a ! ekj ' for nW * d üBOu BO * p l ace of Pilgrimage tor old members of the co11p«p an ih fEjH ts t0 Cambridge » C ° lege ° tiv^Phif I ', his ManUa * on ComparaGUm iSrtP' P" WiEh ed in 1895? Dr. alphabet fit m A hor , ot article a on the bfiln&oi e u? r ! ek l an «uage, and the Vnl™iL su^ 3 - ects - in edition of attlci!? cy H 1 °P aedia Britannica. and of PUbllclti™** ther a «thorUativ e 7c ft Sl His degrees were Lltt MS & w n s Hon orary LI.D. of Aoeraeen and Harvard Universities.