OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

THE VERY REV. J.. M- LANU - (BY TF.MMIUPn—FEESS ASSOCIATION— COPIEIQHT.) (Rec. May 4,0.6 a.m.) ': ■ \. ■■•'■■■. London, May 3. ; Tho death is announced of the Very Rev. J. M. Lang, Principal of Aberdeen University, and father.of the Arohbishop of York.. '■' [It iie noteworthy that .the late Very Eev. J ■ |M. Lang, a Presbyterian and ex-Moderator of the Church of, Scotland, haa given to the Ang■lionn Church one of its leading lights in the person of his eon, Dr. Cosmo Lang, recently .Bishop of Stepney. and. now Archbishop of lorki Dr. Lang the elder was nearly 79 years of ago, and had been 'Chancellor and Principal i-of-Aberdeen. University since 1300. Hβ was in Australia in 1887, and in 1896 wae President of tho Council of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian). Ho was also an hon. member of the Imperial University of St. Petersburg. AmonK ir ? vor s? are " lrho Church and its Social Mission. J MODERATOR OF THE OHURC7H OF . SCOTLAND. May 3. Obituary: Tho Right Eev. Theodore Marshall, D.D., Moderator of tho General Assembly of tho Church of Scotland. (Reo. May 3, 9.30 p.m.) P r - Marshall was annointed Moderator of tho Church of Scotland in May last Mil. JOHN M'LEAN. Mr. John M'Lean, the original member of tho big contracting firm of M'Leau and (Sons, died m Auckland on Sunday in his 85th year states a Press Association telegram. Hβ liad been suffering for some time from a cataract on tho cyo, and had arranged to undergo an operation at a private hospital in Auckland Uo was born in Scotland, and went to Nova Scotia in his youth. In that country ho was married, and in January last the sixtieth anniversary of his -wedding was celebrated; His widow survives him. He waeone of a great number that.were attracted, to New Zealand in'tho oarlv days; of the colony, and he soon, established for himself, in tho Auckland province, a reputation us a shrewd and depondable contractor, whose word was his bond Many of the more; important works of Auckland city wore carried put by him. and after, his firm had become well established in the northern city it extended itsoperations to the south, and met with equal success. There are many important works in .Wellington which were, carried out by tho firm, both, on tholandand in tho harbour. , A year ago the business was formed into. a . limited liability company, and the great,work of piercing the Otira Gorgo tunnel was: undertaken by tho company. Deceased leaves two sons and two daughters: Messrs. and Noil M Lean, Mrs. Hugh Ferguson, of Whangarci, and Mrs. Orlando Wells, of f Auckland Mr. Neil. M'Lean arrived in Wellington vesterday morning and wont on by the Main Trunk lino .to Auckland, and Mr. Murdoch M'Lean will arrive, from the West Coast on Wednesday. '''■■'-■■ \.''.'..'■.-.