DEATH OF MR. C.E.S. GILLIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12940, 9 August 1905, Page 5

DEATH OF MR. C.E.S. GILLIES.

I «f regret to announce the death of Mr. 1 oE. S. Gillies, a member of the well- | known fi™ ot Messrs - Gillies and Col-■'-'J W''beck,. barristers and solicitors, Shortland- ! -:" : ;1; ; beck,, barristers and solicitors, residence of street, which took place at the residence of I ft his grandmother, Mrs. :,; Street, .'Judge's I ' Jay, (it an early hour yesterday morning. % lit. Gillies death was painfully sudden. J 'Only A few days ago the deceased was •I i playing. golf. He caught a chill, and this ■y. : -.1 c developed into pneumonia. Complications 1 developed, and he grew rapidly worse, and 1 j' ie succumbed as stated. He was only 38 '".■■■;'l ! years of age. / . ~.;■,.-., ; ';' V :| Mr. Gillies was a son of the late Mr. ''.::■ I m : > Robert Gillies, of Dunedin/an'd a nephew I , , 0 the late Mr Justice Gillies. He was I ... born at Dunedin. After attending the if v, : ; : ;';o{ago Boys' High School, he entered the | Ot«go University, where he obtained his B.A, degree, Subsequently ho proceeded to England for the purpose of completing j,i 3 education at the Cambridge University. In 1892 he obtained his B.A. and LL.il. degrees at Cambridge, and was called to I" the Bar in England soon afterwards. ' l The deceased was < % well known in connection with the Auckland Acelimatisa- ; ": tion Society, of which he was a. very pro- , . minent member. Ho devoted a great deal | ' { time and money towards the objects f ' 0 tho society, and was especially interested in trout fishing. He had earned * ; for himself the reputation of being an ex--1 ' cellent rod. Flo was also well known as •I an exceptionally brilliant golfer. , Upon I one occasion lie won the Australasian golf f championship. He was one of the founders I the Auckland Golf one of the founders of the Auckland Golf Club, and for some . I years acted as secretary. His retirement I from office, about two years ago, was reI ceived with general regret by the members, l who recognised the splendid services ho I ■ had rendered. Mr. Gillies also took an ' 1 active interest in tennis and rowing. At 1 the time of his death Mr. Gillies was viceh president of the St. George's Rowing Club. i ,Tho funeral will leave the residence of 1* 1 Mrs. Street at three o'clock to-morrow '■ i afternoon, for St. Andrew's cemetery, | , Epsom. . ... ;/. -,-.; '

, ' The Auckland Golf Club has decided to ■: : 'close the links at One-tree Hill until Monday next, as a mark of respect to the deceased... ...' '■■','/:■ ■■ ■."■'- ; -; r^

■, The flag at the St. George's. Rowing Club's shed at Judgo's Bay "was flown at ;-.fthalf-mast yesterday, out of respect to the jnemory of the deceased.

REFERENCE BY THE .ACOLIMATISA ' " TION SOCIETY. ,

, When the council of the* Auckland Ac- S climatisation •'Society met at ■' the Museum Buildings yesterday afternoon, the death of,the late Mr. Gillies, who was a valued

member of. the council, was referred to'in feeling terms. Mr. F. Earl (president) occupied the chair, and there were also present: ; Dr. Lewis, and Messrs. J. Burtt, ' C,' Wallace, E. Horton, W. H. Hazard, G. E. Stephenson, T. T.. Masefield, .A. ■ Whitney, and Chceseman (secretary of the institute). ■ • •'

;S;|"Tho : President said the circumstances " under which the council had met that day S ; J were of a very melancholy character. It was his sad duty to move, " That the meeting of. the council stand adjourned until that day week, as a mark of respect to their late colleague, Mr. *C. E. S. Gillies." He (the president) felt great difficulty in adequately expressing what was in his heart and mind at that moment, but members would agree that the society had sustained, in the death of Mr. Gillies, an almost irreparable loss. - (Hear, Hear.) Mr. Gillies' interest in the sooiety had always been of the keenest description, and his long experience and sound judgment had ' always been of great service to the society -, in its deliberations. He (the ' speaker) did not see how Mr. Gillies' place could be ailed. Personally he felt that it was almost a tragic taking-off, and a personal calamity to them all, and in saying that he was sure ho was voicing the sentiment of each and every one. He moved, "That

the council adjourn till Tuesday next, as ■ i mark of respect to the late Mr. Gillies," and at the next meeting opportunity would ; ■be taken to move a motion expressing the society's regret at 'the untimely ■death of : Mr. Gillies, and condolence with the relaI tives. 1 1 Mr. T. T. Masefield seconded the motion, and said he was glad the president had taken the step he had done. All I Who had had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Gillies there during the last few years 'cbold. only speak in the very" highest terms • of the very' strong interest he had taken in the Acclimatisation Society. They all : - regretted very much that they had lost ; him, and to all of them the death was a heavy blow, for they could all speak of his untiring endeavours in the interest of iP-SJthe society. , The motion was carried, and the meeting adjourned.