OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR D. M. SPEDDING *j [THE PRESS Special Service.] \ f sg DUNEDIN, January 14. ~'£& The death occurred suddenly to-day 1?' of Mr Donald McKenzie Spedding, ■'•.- principal of the auctioneering firm ofD. M. Spedding, Ltd. Mr Spedding.-, was born and educated in Dunedin, , .. and followed his father in the business established many years ago. He was „ : ' a very loyal supporter of St. Paul's Cathedral, where he served as an officer; but he took no part in publicslife. Mr Spedding held an unusual record * connected with the Canterbury Jockey _. Club's Easter meeting, never having missed one fixture for upwards of 40 years. He is survived by his widow *..:• and one son, Dr. Leslie A. Spedding, of Auckland. His second son, Captain Arthur Spedding, was killed at Gal- . lipoli. " .; ;>. MR EBEN WILSON 1g , \f (PEKSS ASSOCIATION TKUSGRAJt.) 'j^ HAMILTON, January 14. <Jj The death occurred suddenly this ,• | morning of Mr Eben Wilson, a noted' ~|i educationist and headmaster of the Hamilton High School since its estab- ,$ lishmSnt as a branch of the Hamilton .;#;; West District High School 34 years ■"«; ago. He was aged 57. ;- ,- ■ Mr Wilson was born at Warkworta _..* and educated at the Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University. <g College, graduating M-A.. with firstf class honours in mental science. For 32 years Mr Wilson held office §i in the Hamilton Shakespeare Club, and he was keenly interested in an « branches of drama: He was formerly ■ * a cricket and Rugby player. From jl ■* treeless waste he developed the High . School grounds into what have been . - described as the finest in New Zea- : t land and Australia. . .-',,.„ „,:* 0 '-' Mr Wilson is survived by his wtfe and two sons, Dr. Eben Wilson, of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital, London. ~ and Dr. Alan Wilson, registrar of the Waikato Hospital.