REV. P. T. WILLIAMS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1933, Page 14

REV. P. T. WILLIAMS

(Special to the "Evenrna Post.") ' AUCKLAND, October 12. The death occurred .today of the Rev. Percy Temple Williams, M.A., of Paihia, Bay of Islands, at the age of 67. He was educated at' Jesus College, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1890. Later he came to New Zealand and was appointed to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, in 1893. In the years 1895-96 and 1899-1902 he did missionary work in Melanesia. His headquarters were then at Norfolk Island. Afterwards he went to the Solomon Islands, and was there until 1905, when he returned to New Zealand. He was warden of St. John's College, Auckland, from 1906 to 1924, and was a canon of St. Mary's Cathedral Church from 1914 to 1924. He served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces from 1915 to 1916. The Rev. Mr. Williams is survived by Mrs. Williams, a son, Mr. Patrick Temple Williams, of the staff of Christ's College, and a daughter, Miss Mary Temple Williams. The Rev. Canon E. H. Strong, at Synod this afternoon, said that the Rev. Mr. Williams was a missionary to tho core, and had done noble- work in the Pacific Islands. Almost to the end of his life letters of appreciation had come from the boys of his former Island days; He was a courageous and honest man, and one could never associate anything petty with his character. "1 wish to pay a tribute to a great and splendid Christian," said Canon Strong, "and I move that this Synod, having heard with prof ound regret of the death of Percy Temple Williams, priest, sometime missionary in Melanesia, warden of St. John's College, and chaplain to the Forces, expresses its deep thankfulness to Almighty God for his life and ministry/ and its sincere sympathy with .Mrs. Williams and members of her family."