SUDDEN DEATH

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 63, 8 December 1931, Page 10

SUDDEN DEATH

Mr. R. W. Shallcrass SERVICE TO SPORT Well known in Wellington as a follower of all kinds of sport, Mr. Robert Wm. Shallcrass, of 26 Newman Terrace, died suddenly in the city last evening. He was in the vicinity of the General Post Office at about 20 minutes to 6, and not feeling too well he went into a nearby shop, requesting that he might sit down for a while. He had not been there long before he expired. The late Mr. Shallcrass had been suffering from heart trouble for some time. Death was due to heart failure. An Inquest, it is understood, will not be held. Mr. Shallcrass was born in Nelson in 1870, and was educated at Nelson College. After leaving college he was employed successively in different offices in Nelson, and was appointed manager of the Alpine Extended Gold Mining Company in August, 1895. He later came to Wellington, and was engaged as an auctioneer, having a business situated in Willis Street, near where the Windsor Hotel now stands. He Is best known for his services to the cause of sporting in New Zealand, and for many years was secretary to the N.Z. Sports Protection League. He was a member of the Thorndon Bowling Club, and was secretary to the Wellington Centre of the N.Z, Bowling Centre. He was a very keen and enthusiastic cyclist, and in company with his daughter, made several very extensive tours of both the North and South