OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 14, 11 October 1944, Page 6

OBITUARY

Mr. E. T. D. Bell The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Ernest Tancred Dillon Bell, a barrister and solicitor who had practised in New Zealand for more than 59 years. Born in Auckland in 1857, Mr. Bell was a son of the late Sir Francis Dillon Bell, a former Native Minister, Speaker of the Legislative Council, and one of the first Agents-General for New Zealand in London. He moved with his family to Otago, where he was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School and later at Christ’s College, Christchurch. The. family then moved to Shag Valley Station, which is still held by the Bell family, Mr. Bell began work in the House of Representatives at Wellington,.and after completing his law studies 'joined the legal firm of Bell, Gully, aud Izard, of which his elder brother, the late Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, was Lhe senior partner. He was president of the Wellington Law Society in 1898. He was a man of exceptioiial scientific interests and attainments, and as a member of the Wellington Philosophical Society contributed largely to the advancement of science generally. Iu 1942 Mr. JBelLwns one of four members of the Wellington District Law Society who were honoured by a gathering of their colleagues ou the completion of more than 50 years of practice in their profession. He was an enthusiastic volunteer, and fox- many years a member of the old Wellington Naval Artillery Vplunteei’s, in which he held the lank of cdptain. He was unmarried. A tribute to the late Air. Bell will be paid by the members of the Bench and the Bar in the Supreme Court, Wellington, at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. Mr. E. W. Payton '

A noteworthy figure in art circles iu Auckland, Mr. Edward William Payton has died in his eighty-fifth yeax‘. He was the first director of the Elam School of Art, Auckland, and held the position for 35 years, up to his retirement in 1924. He was educated in Birmingham and Heidelberg (Germany). He studied a-rt in both places, and also at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London, and again in Antwerp and Paris. He first exhibited in Auckland in 1887. In 1930 Mr. Payton was deputed to go to Europe on behalf of the Mackelvie Trustees, when he bought; 134 paintings and 100 prints for the Auckland Art Gallery.