OBITUARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12900, 22 August 1902, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MR W. MENDELSON. A cable message received' on Wednesday evening in Temuka announced the death of Mr Wallingford Mendelson, in Durban, South Africa, whither he went a few months ago. The only son of the late Mr Julius Mendelson, a very early settler in South Canterbury, he was educated at Christ’s College, Otago University and Canjbridge University. As a boy he was eminently successful in all departments of school life, and throughout his scholastic career his success was continued. In 1892 he graduated B.A. at Otago University, and five years later finished' his course at Cambridge by gaining the degree of LL.B. On his return to the colony he began to practise his profession as a solicitor in Timaru, removing later to Temuka, where h© resided until a few months ago. It was in the world of sport that he was perhaps best known, for during the years in which he lived in Canterbury and Otago he took a most active interest in football, cricket and athletics generally. As a footballer he represented' Canterbury in 1892 and 1893, at Cambridge he gained his “blue,” and in later years did much for the game in South Canterbury. As a representative cricketer he was well known in the province, and as an athlete he was for some years in the front rank. He was a first-class man, over hurdles, and a champion long jumper. He had the honour of representing Cambridge University on more than one occasion, and in 1895 won the Long Jump Championship ■of this colony, creating a record. A thorough sport, ever keen and energetic, his loss will be severely felt by his many friends. His death at the- early age of twenty-nine years has terminated a most promising career.