OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 October 1938, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR JAMES FINDLAY WELL-KNOWN SHIPPING MANAGER I Coiled Pivsa Association! WELLINGTON, This Day. The death occurred yesterday at his residence, 24 Grant Road, Wellington, at the age of 72 years, of Mr James | Findlay, New Zealand representative j of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, Ltd., and an outstanding and greatly respected personality in shipping circles in the Dominion. He had represented his company in New Zealand for 25 years and, during his long career of nearly half a century with the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line, he had seen it grow from a small sailing ship concern to one of the great shipping companies of the world. When he joined its service, the Shaw Savill and j Albion Company, Ltd., was in the transitional stage of development from sail to steam. (The late Mr Findlay had many friends in Nelson. Flags were flown half-mast to-day from the premises of Messrs Cock and Co. and the Anchor Company as a mark of respect). MR Q. DONALD WELLINGTON, This Day. One of the most prominent Romney sheep breeders in New Zealand, and a very well-known resident of the Wairarapa, Mr Quentin Donald, died at his home, “Alloa,’’ Tauherenikau, yesterday morning after a brief illness at the age of 70 years. He was the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs James Donald, pioneer Wairarapa settlers. He married Miss Alice Ford, Dunedin, and throughout his life followed farming pursuits, achieving outstanding success with Romney sheep and Clydesdale horses. At agricultural and pastoral shows all over New Zealand for many years the Donald sheep l have been recognised as one of the best strains in the country. Mr Donald had been on two occasions acting-chairman of the Scientific Research Council and from 1927 had been a member of the management committee of the Dairy Research Council. LATE MR A. B. CAMPBELL The late Mr Alexander Bulwer Campbell, of Napier, whose death was reported yesterday was born at Motueka in 1855, he was educated at Nelson College, where he won Stafford I and Richmond scholarships, and in the following year was awarded two New Zealand University Scholarships. Leaving college at the age of 18, he was articled to the late Sir Francis Bell and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1880. After practising in partnership with the late Sir Alexander Grey and also later with Mr F. Earle, K.C., he went to Napier in 1902 to join the firm of Sainsbury, Logan and Williams, of which firm he subsequently became senior partner. Mr Campbell had been an all-round athlete, with a particular interest in Rugby, and one of the founders of the Athletic Rugby Football Club in Wellington, which province he represented from 1875 to 1880. He was one of Nelson College’s oldest surviving ex-pup-ils and a brother of the late Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, G.M.C., V.D., Controller and Auditor-General. He was married in 1894 in Sydney to Miss Maude Knight, Greytown, who survives him. There are two sons, Messrs A. C. le G. Campbell, Napier, and C. C. Campbell, Auckland, and three daughters, Mesdames E. B. Waddington, Napier, C. D. Watt, Wanganui, and B. G. M. Canning, Napier.