OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 130, 4 June 1938, Page 11

OBITUARY

SIR EDWARD DENHAM

KINGSTON (Jamaica), June 3. The death has occurred here of Sir Edward Denham, former Governor of Gambia and of British Guiana.

Sir Edward Denham was born in 1876, and has held many important posts, including those of principal assistant to the Colonial Secretary and Director of Food Production, Ceylon. He was Colonial Secretary of Mauritius from 1920 to 1923, and of Kenya from 1923 to 1928. He administered the Government of Mauritius in 1921, 1922, and 1923, and the Government of Kenya in 1925 and 1927. He was Governor of Gambia from 1928 to 1930, and of British Guiana from 1930 to 1934. His knighthood dates from 1927. ! (British Official Wireless.) (Received June 4, 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, June 3. The following message from the King has. been sent to the officer administering the Government of Jamaica: — "I have learned with deepest regret [of the death of Sir Edward Denham. In him the Empire lost a public servant of long experience and distinguished ability. His death is a grave loss to the colony, and will, I know, bring sorrow to the hearts of all my people in Jamaica."

MR. N. HERRESHOFF

NEW YORK, June 3. The death has occurred of Mr. Nathaniel Herreshoff at- the age of 90. Mr. Herreshoff was the builder of many boats to defend the America's' Cup. SIR HENRY MARKS (Received June 4, 9.40 a.m.) SUVA, June 3. Sir Henry Marks, formerly a member of the Fijian Legislative Council, is dead. Sir Henry Marks was born in Melbourne in 1861 and educated at Scotch College there. He went to Fiji in 1881 and founded the business of Henry Marks and Co., Ltd. For' some years he was Warden of Suva and for several years Commissioner of Currency. In 1926-30 he was Mayor of Suva. He was seven times, elected by Suva to the Legislative Council, and for eight years was nominated by the Secretary of State as an unofficial member of the Council. He was granted the use of the prefix "Honourable" for life in recognition of his services, and was knighted in 1933. His wife, formerly Miss Annie Abrahams, whom he married in 1883, died last November.

MR. GEORGE FORREST

(British Official Wireless.) (Received June 4, 1 p.m.)

RUGBY, June 3.

. Mr. George Forrest, the man who made the world's first telephone, has died at Bedford, aged 92 years. When Graham Bell invented the telephone Mr. Forrest made' the first receiving and transmitting set. .

M. AUGUST BARON

(Received June .4, 1.10 p.m.) .PARIS, June 3. M. August Baron, "Father of the Talkies." has died in* a foir aged and distressed scientists. When half-blind and an -octogenarian, he perfected the glyptograph, to enable the photography of objects in relief.

CAPTAIN W. M. DE R. BARCLAY

The death occurred this morning of Captain William Malo de Rune Barclay, third and last surviving son of the late Sir David William 'Barclay. Captain Barclay was born at Mauritius on August 29, 1842, and was educated at Cheltenham College, England, and at the Military College, Sandhurst, and after passing from the latter college with distinction was appointed to . the 24th 'Regiment, with which he served in Burma during 1865 and 1866. He was invalided out of Burma because of fever, and went to the. north of Ireland. He came to New Zealand in January, 1881, and was editor of the "Bay of Plenty Times" for several years. He joined the Lands Department about 1885, and later transferred to the Department of Roads and Bridges (now Public Works). He was private secretary to the late John Ballance when the latter was Premier of New Zealand. Captain Barclay retired about 30 years ago, but acted as recruiting officer at the Wellington Town Hall during the years of the Great War, receiving a French decoration for his services.

Captain Barclay had many musical interests and was a member of the Wellington Liedertafel, the Wellington Glee Society, and the Wellington Musical Union, and took part in the first rendering of "Hiawatha" in New Zealand. He used to be a crack shot with a sporting rifle, and was very interested in conchology, his father having had one of the best collections of sea shells in the world. Captain Barclay was also a fairly good painter and etcher. During the time he was in the Government'service he made a survey of the hills around Wellington for defence purposes.

Captain Barclay married Harriet Jane Leslie, daughter of the late Francis Leslie, of Ballyward Lodge, Castlewellam, County Down, and Kincraigie Castle, County Donegal, Ireland. They had two sons, Frederick A. d'E. Barclay, Wanganui, and Aubrey de R. Barclay, Sydney, and three daughters, Mrs. T. 1>: Wood, London, Mrs. C. E. Armstrong, Gisborne, and Miss E. Barclay, Wellington. Mrs. Barclay died in 1919.

The funeral will take place on Monday.

MR. ARTHUR DUGGAN

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Mr. Arthur Duggan, aged over 70, one of the Canterbury Province's most popular Rugby administrators, died suddenly last evening. He was secretary of the Merivale Club continuously since 1902, jvhich is believed to be a Dominion record, and treasurer of the Canterbury Union since 1919. He performed great work for the advancement of the game. MR. W. D. DUMBELL i __ The death occurred this week at 'Hawera of Mr. W. D. Dumbell, a former chief clerk of the Public Works Department. He was born in Lancashire, and came to New Zealand with his parents when about three years old, the family settling in Wellington. Mr. Dumbell joined the Public Works Department as a cadet, and became chief clerk, retiring in 1915. He was associated for a time with the late Mr. R. J. Seddon as private secretary when Mr. Seddon was Minister of Public Workf. In 1920 Mr. Dumbell went to settle-in Tauranga, buying a farm at Ohauti. Shortly after thei