OBITUARY.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 1

OBITUARY.

A. HILL. (Per Uable-.-I'rcss Association—Copyright,) SYDNEY, August 23. The death is. nmiouueoil of Mr Alfred Hill; 'chairman of Tattcrsall's' Club. I BISHOP WILLIAM;,. (l'er Press Association.) NAPIER, August 2-1, Bishop W, L, Williams died of Iwai'l failure at 7.110 to-night. [The Right Bev. ])r W. L. Williams was born at Bay of Islands on July 2"2iul, -1829. He was the son of the first Bishop-of Waiapu. lie was married in 185!} to a daughter, of the late John Bradshuw Wanklyn, of Halicat, .'With* erslaclc, Westmoreland. Be received his education at St. John's College, (Auckland, amMater at Magdalene Hall, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1852. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1856, was Archdeacon of Waiapu from 1862't0 18! H, Canon of St. .John's Cathedral, Napier, 18811-LSD4, and | was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese I Of •AVaiap.ii in "ISM The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by the Oxford University in the year 281)7. j BEV. . C.,,T. MERTON. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 23, ■ The death is announced of the Rev. C. J. Morton, vicar of Helensville, formerly of Canterbury. J.A. X. RIEDEL. > DFNI'IDIN, August 2:1. The death is reported of Mr ,T. A, X. Ricdcl,' who was for years manager of the Dresden (now The Bristol) Piano Company. He retired from the firm in 1909 owing to failing health. His wife pre-deceascd him a few years ago. The deceased gentleman was a capable business man, and was well-known t)irowyh'out Australasia in theatrical ami musical circles, Deep regret'was expressed in Sydney shipping circles on the 11th inst., at the death of Mr Percy G. Harris, who was for many years' the. accountant at Messrs Nelson and Robertson's. The deceased, who was well-Mown throughout Sydney and New Zealand in connection with shipping and Customs matters (says the Sydney Shipping List], made many friends by his courteous' manner and pleasant disposition. His death Vi'ill be a great-loss to the linn with which he has been so long associated. Mr Harris had been in ill-health for some time, ami he passed away at. ilia residence, "Clio." at Katoomba, He left a widow and iivc children. A, very old and highly-esteemed resident of Lower Hutt, .Mr Frederick George Smith, died there on Sunday at the advanced age of eighty-two years. The late Mr Smith was bom in Warwickshire (England) and arrived in Wellington with his wife and family in the ship La Hogue in 187-1. Ever since that time he hail resided in Wellington, with, the exception of a short period when he visited Sydney. The deceased gentleman settled in Neivtown when there were only some eight residents there, and built one of the first house's in the locality. For about thirty-live years he was in the employ of Messrs E. W. Mills and Co., as a moulder, when the h'rni'x foundry was on the present site of Messrs.Levin and Company's large warehouse. He. leaves a widow, ■ four daughters, and three sons, the hit-' ter being 'Messrs F. W. Smith (Dannevirke), Mark Smith (Wellington), and Thomas Smith (Oamaru). The daugli-', tors are Mrs C. Palmer, of Kilbirnie; Mrs Timmins, of Melrose; Mrs J'. Dawn, of Epuni Hamlet; and the vonngest is Mrs I)' Hath, of Auckland. ' There died on Saturday a very wellknown ami respected resident of Dunediii in Mr Samuel John Evans, manufacturing chemist. He arrived there over iifty years ago, and was apprenticed In' the late Mr B. Bagley, of George street, after which lie was for several years in business in Xaseby. For the last 20 years he was well known on the ''commercial" road from Bluff to theNorth'Capc. His death was very' sudden. ' Another ' old Canterbury identity passed away a few days ago in the, person of Mrs Collett, relict of the'late Mr Henry Collett, Daisy Hill, Opihi., Horn in Glamorganshire, Wales, Mrs Collett came to' New Zealand in the ship Z'calandia in .186.'! witli the -late l)r and Mrs Christie, who were coining to visit Mrs Christie's brothers, Messrs I'urnell, of Rajiicliif station, They landed at Lyttelton, going by coach to Tiniaru, thence to Baincliff, where she met her husband. They were married at" St. Mary's, Tiiiinru/in 1861. Both Mr and Mrs Collett were known far and wide, for their generosity and kindness of heart. One gift in LSSO was to pre-' sent all the freestone of which the magnificent .Roman Catholic Church, Teihnka, is built, ft came off the late Mr Collett's property. Mrs Collett leaves two daughters and one son—Mrs P. C. Matthews, Waiaka, Waverley; Mrs H, Maxwell, lircoiihills, Kakahu; and Mr W. 11, Collett, Daisy Hill, Opihi.