OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 127, 22 February 1939, Page 11

OBITUARY

Mr. E. D. Mosley The death of Mr. E. D. Mosley, who recently retired from the position ot Stipendiary Magistrate in Wellington is announced in a Press Association telegram from Christchurch. lor eight and a half years Mr. Mosley was a Magistrate in Christchurch. Mr. Mosley, who was boim in Otago in 1876. joined the Justice Department as a cadet in 1893 and served in Dunedin and afterward in Christchurch. He qualified as a solicitor in 1897 and was admitted Io the Bar two years later. He had charge of the Police Court in Dunedin under Mr. Carew and Mr.. Graham. In 1902 be was Clerk of the Magistrate’s and Warden's Courts at Cromwell during the dredging boom. He also held Hie position of Mining Registrar and receiver of gold revenue, lu 1904,. in Westport, he was Clerk of the District, Magistrate’s, and Warden’s Courts, receiver of gold and laud revenue, and Mining Registry r

Mr. Mosley retired from the Government service in 1907, and till 1918 practised his profession in Christchurch in partnership with Mr. J. W. C. Smithson. In 1918 he was appointed to tlie Magistracy, taking up his duties in Thames. Later he was stationed in Gore and Timaru, and for eight and a ball: years was second Magistrate in Christchurch. lie was appointed Senior Magistrate in Wellington in April, 1935. He held that position till his retirement from the Bench in June last year, but he had been on leave through ill health from the previous January . Mr. W. T. Lili The death has occurred of Mr. William Thomas Lili, aged 92, a resident of the Ashburton County since December 16, 1867, reports a Press Association telegram from Ashburton. Mr. Lili was a former chairman of the county council and hospital board. One of the only two lay presidents of the New Zealand Methodist Conference, he never missed a quarterly meeting of the circuit for 50 years. He was a member of Ihe High School Board, Technical High School Board, and Power Board, and an ex-chairman of the Ashburton Dairy Company, and also an ardent temperance worker. He was farming in llje Willowby district for 49 years. Mr. Andrew Bain The death lias occurred of Mr. Andrew Bain in his 83rd year, says a Press Association telegram from Invercargill. He was a prominent citizen who served two terms as mayor and was a member of the council for '2O years. A well-known building contractor in his earlier life lie later devoted 40 years to the service of Southland local bodies. Mr. Bain left Glasgow in 1877 for Bluff in the ship Marlborough. He returned Home and then came back again to New Zealand to settle here. He was a member of the harbour board for many years and occupied the position of chairman for several terms. He was also connected with other organizations, on which his wide knowledge and good judgment, were invaluable. On his 80th birthday he was presented with an illuminated address in tribute to his public service. Mrs. Beulah Ashcroft The death in Napier of Mrs. Beulah Ashcroft (Sister White), wife of Mr. Peter Ashcroft, Fitzroy Road, is reported.' in a Dominion Special Service message from Napier. Mrs. Ashcroft conducted a private hospital with her sister, Miss I. K. Gutlie. Mrs. Ashcroft became ill during a tour abroad, witli her husband in 1937. She spent four months in a London hospital, and returning to her home in Napier, had suffered from the same illness for tlie lust 14 months. Born in Palmerston, Otago, she was the youngest of a large family, and is survived by two brothers and six sisters. She trained in the Dunedin Hospital. and was theatre sister there for a number of years, and before going to Napier. 20 years ago, was matron of St. David Street. Hospital, Dunedin, and also of Dr. Dawson's .private hospital in Pahiatua. Mr. Edward Carroll The death occurred in a private hospital in Wanganui on Saturday ot Mr. Edward Erie Robertson Carroll, son of the lute Mr. Thomas Carroll, grain merchant, Dunedin. Mr. Edward Carroll was born in Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys’ Higli School. On leaving school lie joined the North Dunedin branch of the Union Bank of Australia. After some years lie left the service ot the bank to join Hie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, but later entered business on his own account ns an importer. He also held the North Island agency of 11. Matson apd Company, Christchurch. He was 3S years of age and was unmarried.