OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 16560, 20 October 1917, Page 1

OBITUARY

CHARLES FREDERICK GREENSLADE. Everybody who has lived awhile in Dunedin knew Mr C. F. Greenslade, at any rate by sight, and he was «o closely connected with the business and social life of the community that his sudden death yesterday afternoon will be very generally mourned. A few years ago he was laid aside with an illness caused by a poisoned foot, but after recovering he enjoyed remarkably good health for a man getting up m years. About 4 p.m. yesterday he was consulted by the firm's'accountant, and then sat down in his private office to await the arrival of the car by which he was to go out to the Caledonian Bowling Green to see if everything was in readiness for

the opening of the reason to-day. As he did not appear on the footway at the appointed time, tho chauffeur went upstairs to inquire, and found him dead in his chair. The call must have come in a moment. Mr Greenslade was born in Thorverton, Devon, in 1843, and was educated partly in his native place and partly in Crediton. He was brought up as a* maltster and brewer, and embarked for New Zealand at the age of 20, arriving at Bluff by the ship Edward Thornhill in January, 1864. After about IS months, during which he was engaged in the carrying trade as a driver, Mr Greenslade came to Dunedin, finding employment at various breweries, including those of Messrs Wilson and Birch and Mr M. Joel, until 1876, when ho joined tho late Mr J. Speight and Mr W. Dawson in founding the large and successful business of J. Speight and Co., in which he was engaged till his death. Mr Greenslade took a- keen interest in the Caledonian Society, of •which lie was honorary treasurer at one time, and he also held" the presidency for more than one term. He actively assisted in the working of the society, and was a regular patron of the field sports at the >*e\r Year gathering, often acting as one of the judges of wrestling. The Caledonian Bowling Club was another bodv with which he was intimately associated, being not only a'liberal donor to the funds, but also taking an active part in the management, as evidence of which we have the fact that he accepted the presidency about 1897, held that office for many years without a break, and was president again this year. At one time he was president of the New Zealand Bowling Association. He was a director of the Kaikorai Tram Company, the Provident Assurance Company, and "the Yorkshire Fire Assurance Company. He was also a member of the Masonic Order, being connected with Lodge St. Andrew. In all his relationships he was a very generous man, one ■who never grudged a handsome subscription to a worthy cause.

Mr Greenslade was married in 1868 to a daughter of the late Mr William Mason, formerly of Greenwich. He is survived by his widow, five daughters, and one son, his immediate descendants being:—Mrs F. H. King (Dunedin), .Mrs Andrew Mathewson (Littlebounio), Mrs John Adams (Heriot), Mrs G. Dransfield (Te Aroha), Miss Greenslade (Dunedin). and Mr R. M. Greenslade (Dunedin). Mr Greenslade visited the Old Country in 1900, and with the exception of several trips to Australia he had not been out of the' Dominion. The funeral, which will be private, will take place on Monday. Tho ceremony of opening the Caledonian Green has been abandoned in consequence of Mr Greeuslado's death.