OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 17333, 22 April 1920, Page 4

OBITUARY

Mr Francis Worcester Stubbs, the oldest whito inhabitant of South Canterbury, died yesterday, aged 85. A native of Coventry, ho came to Lyttelton in the Samarang in 1852, and assisted to bring the first cattle to the Levels (Soiith Canterbury) for Messrs Rhodes Bros, the same year, following the sheep which had been brought down tho year before. ,At that time the track followed the coast, and wild dogs were met with near Ashburton. Mr Stubbs remained in the employ of Messrs Rhodes Bros, for four or five years, and then managed the Pareora Station for Messrs Harris and limes for sir years, lie started the first auctioneering business in Timaru,_in 1890. On the formation of the Geraldino County he was appointed clerk, and lick! that post till ho retired six cr eight years ago. since when he has resided in Gcraldine. He was secretary of the A. and P. Association for many years, a member of the Tiniaru Road Board, and of the first school committee ; also a lieutenant in tho artillery volunteers, and a member of the Masonic body. He married a Victorian lady, a Miss Crawley, and had a family of six sons and three daughters. A London cable announces the death of Briton Riviere, R.A., at the age of 79. A Londoner by birth, Briton Riviere was educated at Cheltenham and Oxford, and began work as An artist when a bov. Early in his career he exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was made an associate 'in 1879. For over 40 years he was a constant exhibitor there and elsewhere, his forte being animal painting, though latterly he devoted eonie attention to portrait painting-