OBITUARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 118, 15 April 1930, Page 7

OBITUARY.

MR MALCOLM ROSS. WELL-KNOWN - JOURNALIST PASSES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 15. The death has occurred of Mr Malcolm Ross, tho well-known journalist, aged 68. The late Mr Ross was born at Dunedin, and was the son of Mr Alexander Ross, of Dingwall, Scotland. An 1890 he married a Dunedin lady, and they had one son, Mr Noel Ross, who was connected with the London Times, but who died in 1918. The late Malcolm Ross was educated at tho Palmerston South High School, and at the Otago University, which he represented at Rugby. In addition to his Rugby skill ho was proficient in rowing, running, lawn tennis, cycling and golf, and was a pioneer in alpine climoing and exploration in New Zealand. He joined the literary staff of the Otago Daily Times, and later, for several years, was private secretary to Sir James Mills, of the Union Steam Ship Company. Lately Mr Ross had acted as Parliamentary and Wellington correspondent to several leading New Zealand newspapers, including tho “Manawatu Evening Standard,” and overseas journals. It will be remeiiibered that Mr Ross acted as war correspondent during the Samoan trouble some years ago for several newspapers, and was official war correspondent with the New Zealand forces in Egypt, Galipoli and France. Mr ltoss was a member of the Alpine Club, London, and had been a vice-president of the New Zealand Alpine Club. In 1893 and 1894 lie was editor of the New Zealand Alpine - Journal. The deceased' journalist’s publications included “A Climber in ' New Zealand,” “Light and Shade in War” (with Noel Ross), “Aorangi,” “Through Tuhoe Land,” and the Neiv Zealand section of “Empire at War.” ASSOCIATION WITH REFORM PARTY. INTIMATE FRIEND"OF MR MASSEY (By Teelgraph.—Special to Standard.l WELLINGTON, April 15. For over a quarter of a century, the late Mr Malcolm Ross was well known as a Parliamentary journalist. He formerly represenetd the London Times in New Zeland. The deceased gentleman was associated with the Reform Party during its long period of opposition to the Seddon Administration, having been an intimate friend of the late Mr Massey. Mr Ross’s book on the New Zealand Alps was among the best-known works on the subject.