OBITUARY

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27425, 11 August 1954, Page 9

OBITUARY

the rev. d. c. bates wen V? ev ' Daniel Cross Bates, J.p a Missed h H rC ,? ma u n , and scientist a • died while attending a Born in r Fn»> ln Gening* 0 " recently. xsorn in England, he came to Npw ? ;^ !and in. 1898 after spending a com siderable time in Australia, where he was ordained an Anglican priest in B ? tes r e t>red from the church in Wellington in 1903 because of illness after during , the Boer War, but Zealand M»?J ery i ha entered the New Zealand Meteorological Service He dfrerto e r °? v ?fnment .Meteorologist and airector of the service in 1910 retirmfte n I ? 27 .™ th the title of consulting meteorologist to the New Zealand £°X, ernment -. He represented the • H‘i lnini ? n at mternational meteorologirv!n^h ferenc ® s ln Paris in 1919 and in Copenhagen m 1929. While in England in 1929 he attended the Empire agricultural conference as New Zealand representative ran ? °A chaplain-colonel, es served with the Ninth New Zealand Contingent at the Boer War He received the Queen’s Medal with S™ clasps and was later awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was the sole survivor of the five padres who served with the New Zealand mounted contingents in the South African War. Mr Bates was at J£^ e ?ani ng 'jhen peace was signed in May. 1902 and preached to the troops on the following Sunday. Mr Bates was one of the founders of Zoological Gardens at Newtown, Wellington, in 1905. He was the first president of the Numismatic (N.Z.) Society when it was formed in 1931 and held office until 1933. He gave valuable service to the Merchant SeryiC s* G ? lld and the Marine Engineers’ institute and was an honorary member of these organisations. In recent years Mr Bates had taken occasional services in Anglican churejjes, but his chief work was for the Greek Orthodox Church in Wellington. In 1939, when Archbishop nmotheos Evangeliodis, Orthodox Metropolitan of Australia, visited Wellington, he invested Mr Bates with a handsome enamelled silver pectoral cross and paid tribute to a unique demonstration of Christian unity and good feeling.

MR ALEX GRAY „„ Tl i e ( death o “ u jred in Christchurch on Saturday of Mi- Alex Gray, who was admitted to the Christchurch PubHo s plta J on . Frida y with injuries suffered when he was knocked down i.» a *n°t° r " c ar in High street. Mr Gray, who was aged 63, was a well-known personality in sport, and t? 1954 was groundsman at Christ s College. He was an authority on the preparation of cricket pitches Before taking charge of the Christ’s College ground he was greenkeeper at Shirl^ riStChUrOh ' G ° lf Club ’ s links at During World War II Mr Gray was a voluntary worker for the Union Jack Club and Red Cross Society, for which he did a great deal of work. Mr Gray, who retired early this year, lived in Ayr street. His wife died some years ago. He leaves two married daughters and a son, who lives m Queensland. MR J. S. ROSCOE Mr James Stanley Roscoe, a promiP® n t L, n ? embe . r j of - the R ail way Officers’ Institute, died in Christchurch on Monday, aged 65. Born at Springston, Mr Roscoe worked on his father’s farm until he joined the staff of the Railways Department m 1913. In his youth he' ' endeavoured to form a union of farm ■ workers in Canterbury. He began his work for the Railways Department as a porter and was later a member of the clerical bfanch. After being sec- 1 retary of the North Canterbury 1 sr.? n „ Ch .’ setl.5 e tl . became a provincial delegate of the Railway Officers’ Insti<•ll*6 and then South Island vice-presi- ! dent. For three years before he re- 1 tired in 1947 on account of ill-health he was national secretary of the institute. His submissions to the Railways Industrial Tribunal in 1944 began im- 3 provements m the conditions and 3 salaries of the salaried division of the industry. Mr Roscoe was employees* representative on the New Zealand Railways Appeal Board for 20 years, and a memoer of the superannuation board. He was highly regarded as an employees’ delegate and for his knowledge of social problems. He is survived by his two sons, and a daughter. ' c MR M. J. HINTZ ‘ t Mr Martin John Hintz, of South- I bridge died last week aged 75. He was J born at Lakeside, and spent the whole 5 of his life m the Ellesmere district 1 where he took part in many local , activities. t An enthusiastic footballer, he repre- s sented the Ellesmere Rugby Sub-union 1 for a number of years and later was a ! coach for school and club teams. I Mr Hintz was a member of the old , Southbridge volunteer fire brigade and b a member of the Southbridge Bowling 5 and Athletic Clubs. He had served on the Southbridge Town Board. He is survived by his widow, a son, and a daughter.

MR A. ENGLISH (New Zealand' Press Association) m a , HAMILTON, August 9. Mr Anselm English, manager of the Waikato and King Country Press, Ltd died last night at the aged of 59 Mr English, who joined the company as secretary soon after his return from active service in the First World War was promihently associated with the progress of the company for more than 30 years. Born in Taranaki, he was the youngest son of the Rev. A. English He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School. vr.axu He is survived by his wife,

DR. H. K. CORKILL (New Zealand Press Association) a r™ WELLINGTON, Aug. 9. 'lst * “£> “®?th occurred in the Wellington Public Hospital, after an illness tly Corkin e n m R O F hS Dr. .Harold Keith ew i. ’ •; “ E., V.D., senior surgeon at ™ the hospital. He was 56. he director of the Naval he Medical Service with the rank of surm geon-captain, Dr. Corkill was port officer of health at Wellington for 23 in years up to the time of his death, ess in 1949 he wis appointed V/elling>ut ton regional medical officer for the gY 2?E? rt . ment of . Labour and EmployHe merit to organise and supervise the P d S?m cal hoarding ° f youths under the ir- Military Training Act. n S the ,ate Mr and nd Mrs T. F. Corkill. he was born at Welde -niM«» a P> d educated at Wellington gi- College. Dr. Corkill- was an artillery ln ?n ffiC w«rM t^ the T 6t fe British Division lg . in World War I. Between the wars re be took a keen interest in the Royal ■a- New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. J taly s at tack on Abyssinia he el, undertok emergency service in H.M.S. »w Diomede in the Red Sea. ir. ~ t n World War II he served in - th the cruisers Leander, Achilles, and tie Gambia a J? d was senior naval medical le officer stationed at Auckland for much ve of „ the . remainder of the war. w , He J s survived by his wife, two ie daughters, and one son. Dr T ’ at Corkill, of Wellington, is a brother, in PS MR C. R. MAZENGARB Of st (New Zealand Press Association) i AUCKLAND, August 9. Mr Charles Raymond Mazengarb, e n . dcd a 4 °-year association with r- the National Bank of New Zealand s' when he retired in 1947, has died at i- Auckland m his sixty-sixth year Mr Mazengarb joined the North ■ n Dunedin branch of the bank in 1905, in and was later transferred to the head >r office at Wellington and then to the 1- Balclutha branch. For the next 25 E m ea^. s he was branch manager at , x Tuatapere, Mosgiel, Dargaville, ’ and Alexandra respectively. a From its formation Mr Mazengarb e S« ntai " interest in the Bank e Officers Guild, of which he was ap- “ pointed a life member. He was a member of the Masonic Order of Rotary, and of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. He was a brother of Dr. 0.-C. Mazengarb, Q.C. and Mr A. J. Mazengarb, an account- . ant, both of Wellington. □ w .Mr Mazengarb is Survived by his s 1 CAPTAIN D. C. MACDONALD a i (New Zealand Press Association) , . AUCKLAND, August 9. A master mariner well known in s New Zealand and Australia, Captain t Duncan Cameron Macdonald, died in t Auckland yesterday, aged 66. He had been living m Retirement at Thames, , and before that lived at Lyttelton. : Born at Bluff, where his father, t Captain Norman Macdonald, of Inver-ness-shire, , Scotland, was harbourI master, Captain Macdonald was one [ of a family of seafarers. He served his apprenticeship in sail, and while . still a young man commanded several large sailing ships. He held the sailing record from San Francisco to Auck-land-established in 1920 in the threemasted topsail schooner Northern Chief. He held (Other sailing records in various parts of the world. Captain Macdonald made headline news in 1923 with a 10-day, 600-mile ocean voyage in a 12ft open boat from Niue Island to Samoa. In 1917, in the schooner Rira, he chased Count von Luckner after he * escaped from Auckland in the scow Moa. Captain Macdonald also commanded m steam, and for several years was chief officer of the Government Pacific cable-ship Iris. He was an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve. Captain Macdonald was a member of the Masonic Order and the Returned Services’ Association. He is survived by a daughter. Several Auckland master mariners -some of whom were his shipmates ’ in sail —will attend his funeral tomorrow. THE REV. R. KOHERE

} (New Zealand Press Association) f m. , GISBORNE, Aug. 9. The death of the Rev. Rewiti Kohere a prominent Ngatiporod tribesman and a son of Mr Mokena Kohere, M.L C occurred today at his home at East Cape Educated at Te Aute College and Canterbury University College, he taught for two years at Te Aute Col- • I™?' a . n< t'Y, as a tut ° r at Te Rau Theo- . logical College. He had charge of ■ »T e mJ? roa u pas , v ' )ral district from 1908 to 192 x, when he retired i He was candidate for the Maori bishopric, and for a number of years Coast local bodies. In 1938, he contested the Eastern Maori seat against Sir Apirana Ngata as -a Labour candidate. He Was the author of a number of books, _ and wrote strongly against Ratanaism and Tohungaism.