OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 25769, 16 April 1946, Page 4

OBITUARY

MRS GILBERT BUCHANAN EARLY LINK WITH'STAR' The death this morning of Mrs Gilbert Buchanan, one of the' oldest settlers of St. Leonards, severed one of the last remaining links with the early history of the ' Evening Star.' Her husband, the late Mr Gilbert Buchanan, joined the paper shortly after its foundation in 1863, and was the first apprentice to the printing trade. When the late Mr George Bell acquired the business in 1869 he appointed Mr Buchanan Printer a position he held with distinction for 55 years until his death in 1924. Her second son, Mr Leonard Buchanan, following in his father's footsteps, joined the staff as a boy, and was promoted to the position of Printer in. 1943 on the retirement of Mr F. Lambeth, who was the second holder of the position. Mrs Buchanan's other sons, Norman and Ralph, are well iknown in Dunedin. The former, now in the service of Messrs Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd., was a member of the ' Star ' staff for several years, being a pioneer in the field of photo-engrav-ing. Two daughters, Mrs Alfred Ibbot--Bon, of Dunedin, and Mrs H. G. Fine), of Auckland, survive their mother. Mrs Buchanan was a daughter of tha late Mr James Gebbie, a well-known resident of the north end of the city, who held considerable property in the vicinity of the University alongside the Leith, While she took no part in public life, Mrs Buchanan had numerous life-long friends, and was always greatly interested in the progress of the community and in the rising generation.

CANON W. T. DRAKE

(P.A.) HASTINGS, April 15. The death occurred suddenly this afternoon of Canon W. T. Drake, vicar of St. Matthew's Church, Hastings. Canon Drake entered Holy Orders in 1910. He became vicar of Maniototo in 1914, and continued there until 1918, when he accepted- a curacy at Gfsborne, a position he occupied for three years. He was then appointed vicar of Pulketapu, and in 1922 he moved to St. Andrew's parish at Port Ahuriri, where he remained until 1927. He was appointed organising secretary for the Diocese of Waiapu in 1929, and continued in this office until 1931, when he accepted the living of St. Peter's Church, Waipawa, where .he remained until December, 1937, when he was appointed vicar of St. Matthew's Church, Hastings. He leave* a widow, two sons, and a daughter.

ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK TUDOR

LONDON. April 15. The cleath is announced of Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor. | Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor, who was Third Sea Lord and Controller for the Navy during most of the. Great War period, was commander-in-chief of the China station from 1917 to 1919. Ho was president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, from 1920 to 1922, when he was placed on the retired list. He was decorated by Japan, China, and Russia. He was 83 years of age.]