OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 466, 26 March 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

—: — . t • AIR. J. C. WESTALL. Mr. J. C. Westa'U, a Napier 'solicitor, who arrived in Wellington recently with the intentionof proceeding on a voyage to, England for tho benefit of his health, died here yesterday morning, at the age of 49 years. Deceased leaves a. widow and two children. (or TELEGRAPH SPECIAL COERESFONDZNT.) . , „ Napier, March 25. A deep sense of regret was expressed in town to-day at tho news of the death of Mr. J. C. Wcstall, the well-known Napier barrister, which occurred at a private hospital in Wellington last evening. Jlr. Wcstall had been sufiering for some time from an acute internal complaint, and left Napier last Monday for Wellington, en route for England to seek further medical treatment. Before leaving Napier the deceased practically collapsed under tho strain ot his illness, and on arrival in Wellington his removal to a private hospital became a ixr lm P? ra ' lv ® necessity, and the prow? -? 0310 'J 1 ? had to be abandoned. in «-hin£ C t aSe v , , a , st V kin g colonial career, in which he brought to hear educational gifts T/Mulrm versatile order. He was born in W »(■V VnS ed ? cated at Hastings, England, a """I 40 and followed a seaianng lito for a number of years, and attamed tho position of first mate. Unfortunately he' tS & ht 1, I a ? d °i° miDg to New Ze alan'd hand at whatever offered in the °f colonial work. He secured employment aftw r w^ tt ' ?St 7 Education Board, and, f-n laaa at , Ta rawera. and Takapau, was appointed as master of the Ormondville School In 1900 he resigned from the teaching profession in order to practise as a barrister and solicitor in/Napier. The dea«, ii lant scholar. In 1888 and 189j he won tho Bowen prize, being the only l i? twice. The prizo is offered yearly by the New, Zealand University for an essay open to all undergraduates in the Do Aft f Mr ' F«&U'b double win, the Donate passed a resolution providing that tho prize should never be awarded twfee to tho same person. In 1593 ho took his ill degree ? e , las generally esteemed in the legal W J2' tyiis admirable energy had attained a considerable practice WWoii mi i i, e lvas en gaged. Hp active interest in pnbbodies V?d T cal Council in 1.901, and with pler ,? orou^ Edncatkn'^oaJd! S widowed two chifdTen aDd leaVes a Quested to express' the sfnse th ?, ar _s">d sustained in tho death of fh« i