OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21939, 13 November 1936, Page 10

OBITUARY

MR W. W. MCCLELLAND The death occurred recently of Mr William Warden McClelland, Papanm, after a brief illness. Mr McClelland was ® and successful farmer m the timber ley district for some years, and was orominent as a breeder and exhibitor of faTsheen and cattle. He won many prizes at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Associations and other shows. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him.. He is survived by his widow. The funeral, which was held at the Waimairi cemetery, was attended by a large number of relatives and friends. It was conducted by the Rev. T. W. Armour, of Knox Presbyterian Church. The pall-bearers were Messrs R. W. Johnson, H. Feutz, W. H. Marsh, and Cecil Addington. Many beautiful floral tributes were sent. MR CASEMENT AICKIN (press association telegram.) AUCKLAND, November 12. The death has occurred of Mr Casement Gordon Aickln, aged 53, at his residence, Symonds street. He was one of Auckland’s best-known surgeons. He had been ill for a week and died from pneumonia shortly after midnight. He had a brilliant academic career at Auckland University College, and graduated at the University of Otago in 1909. Mr Aickin gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in 1911. During the war he was on the New Zealand General Hospital Staff in London. He leaves a widow, two sons, and one daughter. SIR EDWARD GERMAN (united press association-copyright.) LONDON. November 11. The death has occurred of Sir Edward German, the composer, at the age of 74. Sir Edward German was bora at Whitchurch, Shropshire, and in 1880 he entered the Royal Academy of Music, where Sir Henry Wood and Mr E. H. Lemare were among his fellowstudents. He studied the organ and violin. Leaving the institution in 1887, he played second violin in a theatre orchestra during the run of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Pirates” and “Princess Ida.” Next year he became musical director of the Globe Theatre, and he wrote incidental music for “Richard III.” This was far above the standard of the theatrical music of the day and proved most successful. In 1692 Sir Edward wrote music for Sir Henry Irving’s production of “Henry VIII.,” and the three dances performed during Wolsey’s reception became immensely popular. In 1901 he completed the music of “The Emerald Isle,” of which Sir Arthur Sullivan had left only two completed numbers, and for many others nothing but the melody, while 13 numbers were untouched. Then came a series of charming light operas from his own pen, the most notable of' which were “Merrie England” (1902), and “Tom Jones” (1907), the others being “A Princess of Kensington” (1903) and “Fallen Fairies” (1909), to a libretto by Gilbert.