OBITUARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17523, 5 July 1917, Page 2

OBITUARY.

T. S. LAMBERT. Following an illness of short dura*' tion, Mr T. S. Lambert, J.P., a wellknown architect, died at Wellington on Monday at the age of seventy-two years. Born in Selkirk, Scotland, where he served his articles, the• doceased gentleman later continued the study of architecture in Edinburgh. He arrived in Wellington early in 1866 by the ship Black Swan, and settledKa't Marton, of which he was one of the founders. He served as a volunteer during the Maori disturbances, and was one of the original members of the first volunteer corps raised in New Zealand—the Rangitikei Royal Rifles. {Mr Lambert removed... to Christchurch in 1874, and for three years was in itlui office of Mr F. Strouts. In 1876" he personally surveyed the entire city of Christclrurch and afterwards compiled a map of the city, showing the buildings. Early in 1877 Mr Lambert enter- : ed business on his own account, and during the period r iip to 1893, when ha returned to Wellington, he designed many of the principal buildings ib Christchurch. The deceased jgentle* man also took a prominent part in public affairs, being for. some time a mem-, ber of the Christchurch City Council', and other local bodies. Returning; tO Wellington, Mr Lambert continued his practice, and designed several of the business places of the. city. He will-be remembered in connection with his exceedingly fine work on the illummated addresses presented to the present King and Queen when they visited New Zealand. His work in this connection gained for him a Fellowship of the RoyaV Societv of Arts. Many fine edifices in New Zealand bear eloquent testimony to his professional abilities. In forme? years he took a keen interest in Masonic affairs. The deceased leaves a widow and a family of seven sons7-Mr John Lambert (of Lower Hutt),' Mr\ Charles Lambert (of Invercargill), and Messrs James. Thomas, George, William and Ernest Lambert (of Wellington) ; and there are two daughters— $

Mrs R. Simpson and Miss Lambert (of Wellington). , -;\-

WILLIAM GIBSON. On Sunday morning, at Kaikour* Mr William Gibson, who had resided in the district for fifty-six years, passed to his rest after a short illness. Mr Gibson was born at Newstead, not far from Melrose Abbey. When five years old he came out from Scotland with his parents to Tasmania, and four years later the family removed to New Zealand. Fernihirst (then the residence of the late Mr Robert Tinline) was his first home in New Zealand. About 'the middle sixties he went, with his brother, Mr Walter Gibson, jun., to Waipapa, Clarence River. In the early eighties Mr Walter Gibson took over the Inner Clarence Runs, and Mr William Gibson was associated with him in managing the. property. Subsequently he managed the Mount Fyffe Run for the late Mr A. S. Collyns. During later years he had been associated -with -Mr" C. Evans's pastoral pursuits. Ho was an expert in certain classes 'of sheep, and a keen believer in kind cultivation as a means of increasing production and purifying the soil. The third son of tho family, his twin brother, predeceased him by twenty-six years. He is survived by a widow, two daughters, four sons and a number of grandchildren. All his eligible sons, three, volunteered and went to the Iront, one making tho supreme sacrifice a short time ago, wh'le tho other ->wp are still serving tho Empire. Mr Gib- » sou was on? of the oldest Oddfellows of £ Kaikoura, if not tho senior of Order in the cuunty. He was a member of the original, lodge (Loyal Dal- ' ton) and on its dissolution joined its successor,. the present Hearts of Oak Lodge. ~ -