THE LATE MR ANDREW MELVILLE.

Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 4

THE LATE MR ANDREW MELVILLE.

We regret to announce the sudden death of a well-known citizen —Mr Andrew Melville, of St- Clair. The deceased gentleman was born in 1853 at Berwick-on-Tweed, and served his time to the shipBuilding trade at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For many years he was engaged as ship carpenter, trading to various places, notably the Black Sea, where his vessel was engaged in carrying troops to the Crimea. While there he had the fortune to inspect the trenches of the troops on the day after the fall of SebastopoL He came to Port Chalmers in the ship King of Italy forty years ago, and took up shipbuilding. Some years afterwards he entered into business in Princes street, and retired eleven years ago, devoting his later years mainly to the cultivation of the grounds around his house. He latterly took an active interest in the dredging industry, being a r ;director of several companies. Mr Melville enjoyed the best of health, and was always of a cheery nature, having a kindly word for all. Yesterday at mid-day he felt a weakness in his left arm, and had to go home in a cab. Dr Gordon Macdonald immediately went out to St. Clair, and pronounced the illness as a slight apoplectic stroke, no serious results being anticipated, but about three hours later Mr Melville passed away. He leaves a widow and a grown-up family of three daughters and four sons, the daughters anff one son (Mr A. G. Melville, Education Office) being resident in Dunedin. Of the other sons, one resides in England and two in Australia. During his residence in Port Chalmers Mr Melville took an active part in Masonic affairs, and was for some time a petty-officer in the Port Chalmers Navals.