OBITUARY

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1945, Page 4

OBITUARY

REV. F. G. BRITTAN CHRISTCHURCH, September 13. The last of the Canterbury Pilgrims, the Rev. Frederick George Brittan, died at his home in Christchurch today in his ninety-eighth year. The son of Dr. Wiliam Guise Brittan, chairman of the Canterbury Pilgrims, who came from England in the First Four Ships, Mr. Brittan arrived at Lyttelton in the Sir George Seymour on December 17, 1850. He was born in 1848 at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, where his father was proprietor of the Sherborne “’•Mercury.” On arrival in Christchurch, Mr. Brittan became Chief Commissioner of Land.

MR. JOHN S. KELLY CHRISTCHURCH, September 13. Mr. John Stuart Kelly, who was altogether for more than 35 years a imember of the reporting staff of “The Press,” died this morning. An expert shorthand writer, Mr. Kelly was noted for his accuracy, and his general professional skill earned him a reputation which survived his 10 years of retirement. Born in Airdrie, Scotland, on September 17, 1871, Mr. Kelly was the eldest son of John Liddell Kelly, a journalist and poet. When nine years of age, he arrived in Wellington by the ship Algoa Bay with his parents, who took up residence in Auckland. In 1897 he joined the staff of the “Poverty Bay Herald,” Gisborne, and on November 8, 1898, he joined the staff of “The Press,” where he remained until 1905, when he was appointed editor of the “Grey River Argus.” Two years later he resigned to rejoin the reporting staff of “The Press,” on which he remained until his retirement.

In the dredging boom of 1900 Mr. Kelly was sent by “The Press” to the West Coast to write a series of articles which were later published as a pamIphlet. A year later he edited a guide to gold-dredging on the .West Coast which was published by “The Press.” Mr. Kelly was a staunch unionist, for which he was honoured in 1933 by the New Zealand Journalists’ Association granting him the gold badge, carrying life membership. The Christchurch Union in 1940 also elected him a life member. Mr. Kelly took part in the formation in 1901 of the first union .in New Zealand of journalists in Canterbury. When unionism was revived he was prominent, and he Was among a group which formed the Christchurch Journalists’ Union in 1912, becoming president and then secretary. Mr. Kelly in 1898 married Maude Marion Cross, daughter of Mr. James Cross, of Nelson, and a granddaughter of Captain James Cross, one of Nelson’s pioneers. Mrs. Kelly, a son (Edric, who served in New Guinea with the Royal Australian Air Force), and a daughter, three brothers, and two sisters survive him. MR. S. I. GOODALL S.M.

AUCKLAND, September 13. Within five months of his appointment as a magistrate Mr. S. I. Goodall, S.M., died at his home in Remuera .to-night. Mr. Goodall was appointed Ito the Bench last April. He was for,mer]v a partner in the legal firm of Goodall and Kayes, of Auckland, and I chairman of the North Auckland Land ■ Sales Committee. 1 Mr. Goodall was born in Kaikoura 48 years ago. In 1921 he was admitted as a solicitor, and the following year, after graduating Bachelor of’Laws, he

was admitted as a barrister. In 1923 he gained his Master’s degree in Laws and was awarded the Jacob Joseph Scholarship in law and a senior scholarship in law for New Zealand. After the outbreak of war he was appointed; Crown representative to the Auckland, and later to the Whangarei, Armed 1 . Forces Appeal Board until all such, boards were reconstituted.