OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23411, 19 August 1941, Page 8

OBITUARY

MAJOR F. W. SANDFORD

(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH. Aug. 18. The death of Major Frederick William Sahdford. a' former scout commissioner for New Zealand, occurred at New Plymouth to-day at the age of 88. Major Sandfdrd was prominent in the foundation of the scout movement in the Dominion, and made two visits to Britain in charge of scouts to jamborees. He was a close friend of Lord Baden Powell.

MR JULIUS VON HAAST

Mr Julius von Haast, youngest son of the late Sir Julius von Haast and brother of Mr H. F. von Haast. Wellington, died in Wanganui last week. Mr von Haast was a notable lover and connoisseur of art,, who had travelled extensively. He lived for some time in Canada ' and also in India, but was compelled to leave the latter country on account of his health. In later years he suffered from asthma, yet possessed' a bright, genial dispositipn. He leaves a widow. There is no family.

WR C. H. BASCAND

Mr Charles Henry Bascand, wellknown printer and publisher, died yesterday, aged 76 years. He had been working for friendly societies for more than 50 years.. Mr ( Bascand was the son of a sea captain, Charles Stephen Bascand, who was master of the Waipara in the West Coast trade, and was later harbourmaster at Timaru. He grew up on the West Coast, and became apprenticed to the building trade in' Christchurch. He left here to go to sea and went several- times round the world. - In 1891 he married Miss Isabella Rodda in Melbourne and to Portsmouth, England, where he was in business until 1899; In 1901 he brought his family to Christchurch and settled down, following the building trade until 1909, when he took over the Co-op Print Company, and subsequently founded Bascands, Ltd., of which he was managing director at his death. . He was associated with two friendly societies—the Good Templars and the Rechabites. He was secretary of the latter order in Christchurch until last year, when he resigned aftdr 23 years’ service. He had held, in his time, the highest office that can be held outside England, that of deputy high chief ruler. He was secretary of the Canterbury United Medical and Hospital Board for about 24 years, and was the first president of the Dominion Council of Friendly Societies. His sporting activities were widespread. He had been president and secretary of the Canterbury Football Association, and was a member of the Avondale Golf Club, the Veterans’ Cricket Club, and four bowling clubs. Other bodies with which he had been associated were the Rangiora-Waikuku Beach Domain Board, the Summit Read Trust, and the Master Printers’ Guild.

He is survived by his sons, Wallace (Christchurch), Arthur (Westport), and daughters, Mrs H, W, Pyne- (Nelson), Mrs J. Bradley (Christchurch), sisters, Mesdames T. Wood (Auckland), W. Banham (Havelock), D. O, Giles (Melbourne), and a brother, Mr A. W. Bascand, of Christchurch.