OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 266, 5 August 1932, Page 12

OBITUARY

Mr. G. W. Brigham The death occurred yesterday, after .a long illness, of Mr. George William Brigham, of 38 Beauchamp Street, Karori. The late Mr. Brigham was a civil engineer and authorised surveyor by profession, and in his earlier years saw a good deal of service in the Taupo, Rotorua, and Waikato districts. Living with the natives for months on end at times, he became well versed in Maori lore and customs. He worked privately and for the Government

in several parts of the North Island, and ih 1907 was appointed engineer to the Karori Borough Council. When that district amalgamated with the city the services of Mr. Brigham were retained by the City Corporation, and during that period when the late Mr. A. J. Paterson was acting-city engineer, Mr. Brigham was assistant-city engineer, from which position he retired on superannuation in May, 1927. The deceased was 75 years of age. s Mr. J. H. Glasson The death at Nelson of Mr. John Hooper Glasson, formerly of Christchurch, in his 75th year, removes a well-known personality. Mr. Glasson was born in Melbourne in . 1858, and arrived in New Zealand with his parents at an early age, settling in Timaru, where he lived for 35 years. He served on many public and sporting bodies ,and was an official of the South Canterbury Jockey Club for some years. He was a member of the Masonic craft and a Past-Master of the Lodge of St. John. Leaving Timaru in 1900, Mr. Glasson went to Christchurch, and lived -there for a number of years. He removed to Nelson ten years ago, establishing a branch of Glasson’s, Ltd, With the exception of a few years in business as an auctioneer, Mr. Glasson spent practically the whole of his life in the drapery trade, and he made a very wide circle of friends. He leaves a family of three sons and three daughters. '' Mr. P. V. Norman Cabled advice has been received of the death op July 30 of Mr. P. V. Norman, Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah, Malaya. Following on a brilliant university career, Mr. Norman became a member of the firm of Sims and Norman, civil engineers, Hamilton, and later saw service with the N.Z.E.F. Subsequently he was appointed to the Government survey staff, Malaya. In the field of sport Mr. Norman was a keen Rugby player and a polo player. He leaves a wife and infant son. Mr. D. St. George Mr. Douglas St. George, whose death occurred at Dunedin on Wednesday night, was born in 1552 at New Plymouth, and was a son of the late Dr. G. Fitzclarence St. George, a pioneer of Taranaki. He joined the postal service in 1876 as a cadet at Wellington,*and was later transferred to Port Chalmers. He was then appointed postmaster at Kakanui, being the youngest in New Zealand. He was promoted to the position of registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, registrar of electors, and postmaster ,at Waimate, then postmaster at Bluff, and later chief postmaster at Hokitika, where he was responsible for the introduction of the telephone system in South Westland. Next he became chief postmaster at Greymouth, and was then appointed to a similar position at Invercargill, which the held until his retirement in 1920. He has since resided at Dunedin. He leaves a widow and an adult family.