THE LATE MRJ. M'GLASHAN.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 68, 13 June 1877, Page 2

THE LATE MRJ. M'GLASHAN.

' We cb^tlie.foiife^^g'dbittarjriibticd from the/ N.Z. Press^STeWs "^^Hblst June i^R is bur [painful dtitjf- 1» "rscord the death of ;]^ reader ; ill' the Gto^ Department, Which, took place on -the* eveiring of the Bth of Mayy after a short illness of abotlt. six weeks; His'cOnnecs ' tion with the Government Pnritinrf Office extended ever ri period cSJmely& and a-half yeirsj during thelßfr ten of Which., he had fbeen employed m the capacity of reader.. ]^ j^^fGlashiui the department has To§t a most ajble and. efficient officer, and the printing prdii fession a statmch, upright 'a3d consistent, advocate ■:.':■■, of , ejery-. calctilated to pioniotd.the welfare and happiness of his felipw-craftsmen. ' ■•His many sterling qualities ?«ad goodness of heart won for him the respect and esteem of all who had the pleasure of inaMngChisv acquaintance, and his name" . Vwill long be Held ple&stiig :re|demi /braiice _ among;; those mth /:^whoicf -hw* duties, brought; &; m, c^^ac)^ ,He ' began! his d^ree^^fts d i priifter inEdiha burghs itnd was - last employed there a^ reader <m the; . ofßce ■ of Messrs^ rNeill and Co., which he left forf they.pur* pose of emigrating Ito this ; colony. He" ■was possessed; eonsiderafcleX ability, and sopnd judgment, was well read, and had a. taste for literary purs'uits^which ;./. endbled Mn\fo'be of coniSiderable service 1 ; to the trade r during the* r ojE'hiß residence m fidinbturghj'ii'recbg^lifidii of which he was- entertained Vat, a fare-: well slipper on; leaving for Ifew Zea^ land. Among the Effecting the welfare of the working 'Z; printer m which vilr McGrlashafi interested him- , self were the Saturday halff holiday and the payment of overtime. The memorial m which the question of overtime was first laid before the 1 employees was first lldraw^n up by him, and, m a shorter time" .than^^asi anticipated, he had the satisifagrfp^ of knowing that the printers of; I E^pMrjgh we^i^reaßingf the benefit of ! they i?egsir.ded' a'i tnd most benefit ~ (jiil Of ail t£eir trade Regulations. Di if&s also to ■" Hr-i McGlash^n's literary tasteand professional foresight that the "Scottish l^pbgraphlcal CHrcjahar'' owes its existence. . It was he who first - suggested it, atid the preliminary labour' inseparable from its estabushmeni? devolved xlppin -.'.Hte - wrote the v prospectus, and undertook its editorship' during the first* seteir years ijof it^exiss teiice, and.to M^ judicious management i the^ Circiilrtr; f, Ow^s;iibt dlitge §f the" sttccesS which has siirce attended.it.