OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18051, 28 March 1922, Page 6

OBITUARY.

MR. F. J. BURGESS,

A FORMER MAGISTRATE.

The death occurred yesterday at Par. Nell of Mr. Frederick James Burgess well known as a former stipendiary rns-is-trate and warden of the Thames district Mr, Burgess, who wa 3 the eldest sos of the late Captain I. J. Burgess, |« many years harbourmaster to the Auckland Harbour Board, was born at Devon, port and educated at the Church o| England Grammar School, Parnell, in the days when Dr. Kinder was headmaster. In 1868 he joined the staff d the Warden's Court, Thames, and subsequently became clerk of the Maeistrite'i Court and mining registrar. In IBS deceased was transferred to Auckland, where he was clerk of th 6 Court- for ton ' time. He was then appointed stipendiary magistrate and warden as tin Wakatipu district, where the dredging boom was then at its height. For eightyears he discharged his duties tiers with marked ability and to the general satisfaction. He then went to Thames as magistrate. In 1916 he was Appointed chairman of the First Auckland Military Service Board, a position which beretained until the close of the war, Aide end of 1918 Mr. Burgess retried, find took up his residence at Parnell. He loaves a widow, two sons—Messrs, F. P. Burgess, of Coromandel, and Captain A. H Burgess, of the mission steaxnM Southern Cross—and two UDtnsrn&T daughters. The funeral will be privitt MR. W. M. HANNAY. [BV TELECIura—OWN COaEBBPOSDiST.]

WELLINGTON, Monday.. The death occurred in a private hcapital on Saturday afternoon 01 Mr. Wifliia Mowat Hannay, formerly general manager of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company. Until recently Mr. Hanttiy en-;' joyed good health and wag a daily :ftjtor to the city »in connection with hii many interests. Five -sreeks ago he underwent an operation, and, though it wo considered successful, the effect lowered hid vitality and he sank gradually until his death, which will be widely lamented. The late Mr. Hannay, who was 73 years of age, was one of the sturdy band of Scots who came to New Zealand half & century ago and made Wellington then home. Ho was born at Castle Douglas in the vicinity of Glasgow in 1848, and after leaving school entered the service of on* of the large Glasgow railway companies, where he acquired at first hand a Bplendid all-round knowledge of railways. Awing in New Zealand in 1875, he was very soon appointed district manager of railways for South Canterbury. His Ability ana knowledge were at once made manifest, and he was promoted to the position of assistant general manager at Wellington. When the Government of the dav decided to try commissioner control, Messrs. J. W. McKerrow, J. P.-Maxwell, and Hannay were appointed tf « 1889 commissioners of the «*» Zealand railways. When in the swing of the pendulum brougnt about a change in the system of management, and commissioner control *»* by the board, and when Mr. John WW- ■ lace resigned the position of general manager of the Wellington and ManapW Railway Company, which controlled trie West Coast line "between Wellington sua Longburn, Mr. Hannay was appointed » the post and carried out the duii&> witn marked ability until the company s interests were acquired by the Government ai the end of 1908. .. / Mr. Hannav then retired from raUW-.. work, but found plenty of scope for W activities in the local commercial world, becoming a director in several companiesThese included the Waipa Railway S* Collieries, Ltd., Turnbull and Jones, W> Dental and Medical Supplies Company, Commercial Union Assurance Company Metropolitan Building and Company, and Golden Bay Cement Oonv pany, of which he was for years tw managing director.

MR. J. H. STEEDMAN.

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THAMES. MondWThe death is reported at Eotoru* oj Mr. John Henry Stcedman, a resident of the Thames, for many veil* farming at Waikawau. He retired » few years ago owin;: to ill-healta, *w had visited Rotonia in hopes of ment. He leaves a widow and fami'J' Bve.

MAYOR OF PORT CBAUOSB& [fi TELEGRAPH,—PRESS ASSOCIATION-] DUVEDIN. MondtfMr, J. M. Stevenson, Mayor ot W Chalmers, and well known in yacnwPß circles, died to-day.