OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 17578, 5 February 1921, Page 2

OBITUARY

CARDINAL FERRARI. Press Associate:-! 3y Telegraph-Dopyright. tetlME, February 3. The death is announced of Cardinal Ferrari, Ho was a peasant at Parma, ,and became Archbishop of Milan, He was universally beloved, and when it was noised abroad that be was doomed, due lo cancer in the throat, immense crowds besieged the archiopiseopal palace, clamoring for admission.' The dyinc prelate exclaimed: “It is the grand gmd-bve. Throw open the doors and let (hem all come.” For a fortnight interminable queues from the highest in the see to the humblest peasant passed the deathbed. 6,000 to IO.OOfc receiving his blessing daily. Cardinal Ferrari displayed stoical heroism and refused narcotics. When cylinders of oxygen were brought in - lie pencilled a note, to the doctors stating; “ These are 16in shells for speeding folk to eternity. Why net let a Christian go peacefully to Paradise as God and nature will?”—A. and N.Z. Cable,

Tire late Mr Charles King, of Milton, whft died with tragic suddenness on Thursday night when extending a welcome to Canon ‘Small, was horn in Hertfordshire, England, seventy-three years ago, and educated at Stratford, near London, where he learnt the trade of a plumber and tinsmith. He came to Otago in 1874, and after a short period at his trade in Dunedin he entered into business <?n -his-own account at Milton, which he carried on until disposing of it about a month ago. During the whole of his residence in Milton Mr King had taken a most active part in all public activities in the borough. He served twenty-one years as a borough councillor, and was returned for nine years unopposed as mayor, finally relinquishing that position at tho latter end of 1919 owing to a dispute with his council. He was afeo at various periods of the Bruce Patriotic Committee, member of the Milton Fire and Domain Boards, and churchwarden at Ft. John’s Church, superintendent of Milton Fire Brigade, ex-president of United Fire Brigades’ Accident .Insurance Association, and bandmaster of the Milton Brass Band.

Miss Lucy M'Coll, a lady associated with the 'business life of Lawrence for over twenty-five years, died on Sunday. For many years she was in the Royal George Hotel with the late Mr and Mrs Chalmers., Shortly after Prohibition -camo into forqp she took over the Railway Hotel, which she ran as a boarding-hon.se till about a year ago, when, owing to failing health, eho was compelled to give it up. Mr Walter Chapman, who died at Christchurch, on the 22nd ult., at the age of sixty-three, was a son of Mr Robert Chapman, a pioneer breeder of merino .-beep, and owner of tlio Bprjngba.uk Estate. Deceased was born at ,Springbank, Canterbury, on August 25, 1858. Ho was educated at Christ's College, and on leaving was with the Union Rank for some years in Christchurch, Timaru. and Wellington. He- took over between, three and four thousand acres of tho Springhank Estate in tho eighties, and followed sheep-fanning.

Mr Paul R. Nosoda, who died at Melbcourne on January 0, was formerly chief clerk of the Huddart-Parker Company’s Wellington office; He joined tho HuddartParkor Company’s service about twentyfive years ago as a, boy under Mr C. W. Jones, now general manager of the company in Now Zealand. .During tho war Mr Xoscda went away with the forces to France, and subsequently served for a a. couple of years as a transport officer fcaptain) for tho Imperial Government. Last October he returned to New Zealand by the Ta-inui, and, being ill. went to the Trentham Hospital, where be was treated for an internal complaint. On realising the malady would prove, fatal, Mr Ncseda went home, to bis people in Victoria. Ho was a single man.

A. pioneer of tho Now Zealand goldfields, Mr- Thomas Dufty, pasted away at Para-wai, Thames, on Sunday, aged ninetyfour years. Mr Dufty left England some sixty years ago, and arrived in Canterbury, whence he proceeded to the West Coast, where ho followed the, pursuits of a minor. Later he left for New South Wales, where he also followed mining. ITo wont to the Thames at the lima of the boom, in 1868, and , remained a resident till the time of lii.s death.