OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 25675, 26 December 1945, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR W. SPEIGHT

The death- at his home at Forbury road on Sunday at the age of 76 years of Mr Walter Speight, who was well-known in business eircles in .- Dunedin for many years. Educated at the old Normal School and the Otago Boys’ High School* which he attended in 1885-86, he was employed in the office of Messrs Neill and Co., and was later engaged as a traveller for the firm. He then became associated with Mr George Frier in the indent bnsiness, and the firm was later known as Messrs Speight, Justice and Co. Mr . Speight, who retired from . business , several years ago, was a Justice of the Peace, and was for a time■ a.-member.' of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce /. and a member of the St. Clair School Committee. For a long period he belonged to the St. Clair Bowling Club, of which he was elected a life member several years ago'. ' ' , During tli& “1914-1918 " war, and - its aftermath Mr Speight was actively en- . gaged in rehabilitation work for exservicemen. In his younger days he was interested' in many forms of sportHe played football with the Richmond Club, was a .member of the defunct Dunedin Cycling Club, and sailed the harbour in the Ripple. Mr Speight, who was the second son of the late Mr James Speight, is survived by his wife , and two sons —Mr Eric Speight,, who is farming at Hope. Hill, and Dr Bruce Speight, who served right through the recent war with the R.A.M.C., and has just been discharged from the Army in . England.

DR W. H. SHWIN

(P.A,) TIMARU, Dec. 25. Dr William Howard Unwin, one of the best-known and most highlyrespected residents of Timaru, died today. For 40 yearn he served the publio .with ability, and he also identifiedhimself closely with the' cultural life of the town. . , In 1904 Dr Unwin was appointed medical superintendent of the Timaru Public Hospital, but in 1907 he relinquished this post to enter private practice. He went. overseas hri the Great War and was placed in charge, of . the surgical division of No, 2 Hospital at Walton-on-Thames. Throughout his stay in Timaru he served on the .honorary staff of the hospital; and for many years was senior consulting surgeon: Dr Unwin is survived by a daughter and two sons. Last year he was president of the New Zealand 'branch of the British Medical Association.

MR H. BAILEY

(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 25. One of the founders of the dairy factory industry in, Taranaki, Mr Hugh Bailey, died at New Plymouth yesterday morning, aged 79. An accountant by profession, he was secretary of a number of dairy companies, of the Egmont National Park Board, and at one time of the New Plymouth Rotary Club and Taranaki Herd Improvement Association. -