OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25086, 18 January 1947, Page 10

OBITUARY

THE VERY REV. A. BEGG The death occurred at Timaru yesterday of the Very Rev. Adam Begg, M.A., who for 15 years was minister of St. Paul's Church, Highfield, Timaru. A few months ago his name came into prominence when he allocated £17,000 to various enterprises of the Presbyterian Church as a tribute- to the memory of his parents, who were early settlers in the Clutha district. Mr Begg received his education in Dunedin, where he lived with his grandparents at Anderson’s Bay. After graduating as M.A. from Otago University College he continued his studies at Knox Theological Hall at the New College. Edinburgh. In he was ordained and inducted into the charge of Tapanui, where he remained until 1906. Later he was minister at Rakaia and Wallacetown, and from 1918. until he retired, at St. Paul’s Highfield, Timaru. He served as presbytery clerk in both Southland and Timaru presbyteries and in 1932 was elected to the office of Moderator. From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman of the South Canterbury Presbyterian Social Service Association. Early in his ministry, Mr Begg married Miss Margaret Jane Chisholm, daughter of Mr* Robert Chisholm, of Dunedin. His wife died 15 months ago. Mr Begg had been living m retirement during # the last 13 years.

MR *C. E. PHILPOTCROWTHER

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 16. The death is announced of Mr Charles Edwin Philpot-Crowther, aged 81, a former president of the New Zealand Philatelic Society and broadcaster as “The Stamp Man.” He was a Justice of the Peace and an organiser in Christchurch of the . Port Christchurch League, the Bible in Schools League, and the Reform Party. MR J. MORRISS The death of Mr Joseph Morriss, a former resident of Alma, occurred at Christchurch recently, Mr Morriss was' born at Woodend 77 years ago, and after leaving school he took up farming on his father’s property. While still a young man he acquired a farm near Belfast, where he remained for 12 years before going to Alma, in North Otago, in 1911. There he stayed for about 20 years before selling the property to take over a sheep farm at Aylesbury. While he was at Alma ,Mr Morriss was associated with almost every public movement in the Totara district. He was secretary of the Totara School Committee, a member of the hall committee, and a staunch supporter of the Church of England. He helped to raise funds for patriotic work during the 1914-18 war and later for the assistance of returned servicemen. A member of the Foresters’ Lodge, Mr Morriss held a Past Chief Ranger’s certificate of the Belfast Lodge when he died. He married Miss Amy Higham, of Styx, and is survived by his widow, two children. Mrs I. L. Willetr (Oamaru) and Mr L. Morriss (Norwood), and five grandchildren.