OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 22343, 20 May 1936, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR JAMES BEEGOT Mr James Beecot prominent in Anglican church affairs here, died suddenly yesterday. Born and raised locally, in young manhood he became a storekeeper at Mandeville, and on his retirement returned to Dunedin to live quietly, in his reticent, though always friendly, manner. His interest in church woric, and his enthusiasm for draughts earned him a wide circle of acquaintances. As a member of St. Peter’s Church, Caversham, for many years, he held the offices of vestryman, secretary of the Diocesan Questions Committee, synod representative, and lay reader. A sound practical draughts exponent, and one recognised as an authority on the game,* Mr Beecot contributed a weekly column on the subject to the ‘ Otago Daily Times ’ from April, 1926, maintaining a feature previously supplied by Mr J. Abernethy for more than 35 years. Mr Beecot was secretary of tho Otago Draughts Club and of the New Zealand Draughts Association Executive Committee. Other interests included membership of the Dunedin Competitions Society and of local Scottish societies. He leaves a widow and daughter. MR T. W. KIRK [Pek United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 19. The death occurred this morning of Mr T. W. Kirk at his residence near Paraparaumu. Mr Kirk, who was 79 years of age, was best known for his fine work in building up ,the New Zealand Department of Agriculture in its earliest years. Later he gave valuable service in organising and supervising its services of inspection and instruction in connection with orcharding, market gardening, and beekeeping. Mr Kirk, who was a son of Professor T, Kirk, an eminent botanist and forester, arrived in New Zealand at the age of seven. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School. His first public appointment was to the position of assistant curator of the Museum at Wellington, and later he spent a short period with the Education Department, finally being transferred to the Department of Agriculture, in which his wide knowledge and experience were invaluable, especially to horticulturists. He is survived by his wife and a son. A younger brother is Professor H. B. Kirk, of Victoria University College. ‘MR T. W. SATTERTHWAITE A Press Asspciation telegram announces the death of Mr Thomas William Satterthwaite, Mayor of Timaru, who for more than a quarter of a century was closely associated with municipal government. Mr Satterthwaite, who was 65 years of age, died suddenly. MR C. HAWKEN A Whangarei Press Assbciation telegram records the death of Mr Charles Hawken, aged 97, one of the bestknown figures in Northland for the past 75 years. A native of Cornwall, lie arrived in the district in his early twenties and made a model farm out of dense bush. . MARMADUKE PIGKTHALL Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 19. (Received May 20, at 11.55 a.in.) The death is announced of the novelist, Marmaduke Pickthall, who became a Mohammedan and was regarded as the possible successor to the late Lord Headley as head of the Moslems in England. [Marmaduke William Pickthall was born in 1875. He spent three years in the Near East on equal terms with all sorts of Orientals, incidentally acquiring Arabic and a love for certain Eastern ways of thought. He lived for a year among the Druses of Mount Lebanon. Ho edited the ‘ Bombay Chronicle ’ from 1920 to 1924, and entered the Nizam’s service in 1925. 'He began writing fiction at an early_ age, his books including ‘ Said the Fisherman,’ ‘ The Myopes,’ ‘ Veiled Women,’ and ‘ Tales From Five Chimneys.’]