OBITUARY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 19 June 1911, Page 6

OBITUARY.

#ILLIAM:';Gp!fcIN

It'is with deep regret (says Saturday's Colonist) we have to record the passing away of another very old resident of Nelson in the persoii of, Mr WilHam diblin; who died at his residence, Halifax Street* in the' earjy hotirs of yesterday' mornings ,at the age "of 94. Deceased was bom in BartloWj, Essex, , in: 18117^ and: spent his early lire at Balsam, m Cambridgeshire^ ' He was educated at Ely,- and then went to Ijondon, wheire he served his tini© in a large soft goods, warehouse. For soinei years he. was a oommercial traveller in. *the north, /of ■ England and Scotland for the firm, and^ in 1850 he left for New Zealand with his mother, tvfo (the late ]SiessrS| Daniel ■ Giblin and to. Giblin), and his sister-in-law (Mrs, F. Giblin, who still resides- -at Stoke) in the shipn Mariner, arriving at Dunedin. ' He- ; then visited various'parts of the Colony, and was attracted to; the Forest; Creek, diggings in Victoria ,- where he met with fair success. 'Returning to N©W Zealand/ he settled in Mjotueka, purchasing ; a \ general store-, keeping business, , which . had been started by his brother, the late Mr Daniel t Giblin. ;M&, ,.,.wasv; married in ■1858 .^'-.Miss/^atson,1 of -'$tiki£ aid ramam^d in |$pttieka iiiitil 18$5; when He disposed $ his business to^go sheep farming on the Moutere' Plains, owning; among other property, the island jknown as .Jacka's Island. This he fenced, ; and laid^ idown in grass, but -\ met with a series of misfortunes '~ Wool was at a phenomenal-ly-low price, sheep were, unsaleable, aM a tidal wave swept the island, undoing the work that had been done arid ruining the property for pasturing purposes.. .Undaunted by his illfortune, the .ijate ( Mr 'Giblin again jTlbpipk/'^-up/ stoTjekeeping in Motueka, he remained nintil 1875^ when ,;hoj:removed' with. his. wife and family to ■ Nelson, starting business ras a.' hop merc|tant,'and commission-^^ agent: d Tliis business he .'carried on with Varying success untila> few years ago r :his last ideal being made when he was 92 years of age. His keen intellect and business integrity'made him, univcirsally respected by those with /whom, he did business, and although he never ftook a prominent part in public lifeV h« always took a keen interest in local affairs. Possessed of a splendid memory, he could ahnost to the last recount in a highly interesting manner events that transpired in the early part of last century, and bis general health had been ,such up till about three weeks ago that his friends looked forward to his reaching the century. He was a well known figure in Nelson up till a few years ago, and the family will have the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their bereavement. iiis wife predeceased him about three years ago, and there are left a family of six daughters and four sons. Mrs W. S. Canavan,. of Blenheim, is at daughter, and Mr R. P. Giblin, the well-known commercial traveller; is one of the sons.

The right of game rangers to take game without a license was the subject of a letter received at its last meeting by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society from a northern correspondent. He asked whether a constable, who by virtue of his police duties was ia ranger, had a right to shoot without a license. There was a general impression that rangers need not pay license fees, and the writer stated that he knew of a constable who had shot for a long time and had never taken out a license. The president of the society (Mr W.-H.'Hazard) saidl there was no room for doubt at all. Every person who wished to shoot game, .ranger or not, must take out a license.

i Thd proposal to form a, Roman ; .Catholic cadet corps in Auckland . under the new defence scheme was re.'.ferred to by the Rev. W. Trotter at ; the meeting of the Auckland Presbyj tery the other night. Ho emphasised i the _ f«jct that Presbyterians had ' nothing to do with proposals to form ! denominational cadet corps, and ho expressed the opinion that the idea - was a bad one. In forming cadet corps under the defence scheme he said tlio Government was face to face with a great moral difficulty, and some moral supervision was necessary. The suggestion to form cadet corps of different denominations was not a good one, bub in order that moral supervision should be obtained he moved, "That this Presbytery express its willingness to assist'the'Government 1)y appointing territorial chaplains." The motion was carried.