OBITUARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIV, Issue 12323, 13 October 1900, Page 8

OBITUARY.

WILLIAM SMART. Another old Canterbury identity passed away yesterday morning in the person of Mr William Smart, who died at his residence, Ferry Road, in his seventy-first year. Mr Smart was born in London, and was. a ward in Chancery. At an early age he was articled to Messrs Cubitt and Co., the famous builders, and under them had the supervision of a portion of the building of the new Covent Garden Theatre in the forties. He afterwards emigrated to New Zealand with his brother, the late Mr John Franklin Smart, arriving In Lyttelton in the ship Isabella Hercus, on March 1, 1851. He immediately entered into partnership with Mr H. Turner, in what was known as the Christchurch run, which extended from the Waimakariri to the Heathcote River, He subsequently, with Mr J. P. Lee, held the Kaiapoi run. In 1861 Mr Smart left Canterbury for the Otago diggings, and on the Provincial Council offering a reward of £IOOO for the discovery oi r gold in Canterbury he, with the late Mr, \Y. H. Simms and Mr J. Day, prospected for gold from the Waitaki to the Hurunui, where Mr Simms left the party. With Mr Day, nnder the guidance of Kaiapoi Maoris, Mr Smart was the first white man to descend the Teremakau River. Subsequently •Mr Smart brought in the first water-race on the West Coast at the Greenstone, which .he worked for a number of years.. Mount Smart, at ,the head oftho Greenstone, is.named after him; In 1872 he returned to Christchurch, and opened the White Rock quarries in connectibn with the late Mr William Wilson, which they worked until transferring to the Whifecliffs Coal Mines ait Malvern, the development of which Mr Smart has made a study, for years, and in which his knowledge of geology stood him in good stead. In 1874 Mr Smart married the widow o'f the late Mr Joseph Delgbton, who still survives him, but he leaves no family. J. M. MORGAN. Mr John M. Morgan, better known as “ the Welsh Harpist,” died at his son’s residence in Sydenham yesterday afternoon, after' a somewhat lingering illness, brought on by a paralytic stroke in May. Mr Morgan was brought up to the musical.profession, and, early in life, was an accomplished harpist. As such he, for some years, occupied a position in the household of Mi' Crawshaw Bayley, in Glammorganshire, the wealthy owner of the Dowlajs foundries and iron mines. During that time he competed in the harp competition at the Exhibition in 1851, and was awarded the gold medal. He arrived in the colonies in 1852, and has resided at various times in Victoria, on the West Coast, and in several parts of Canterbury. He made a large number of friends, who will regret to hear of his death. MRS GOSSET. Mrs Cosset, wife of Dr Gossefc, of Leeston, passed away at about 3 p.m. yesterday morning. Although the end came suddenly, it was not quite unexpected. Mrs Gosset was a daughter of the late Admiral Charlewood, R.N., and a sister of Mr Charlewood, of Messrs Fletcher, Humphreys and Co., of Christchurch. Since her residence in Leeston, Mrs Gossefc has taken a lively interest in affairs connected with St John’s Church. By, performing many charitable deeds she made many friends, by whom her death will bo greatly regretted.