OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18294, 10 January 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

• MISS M. £. LUNDON. •Miss Matilda E. Lundon, who had beea an official of the Post and Telegraph Department r for, over thirty years, and; post- - mistress at Dominion ; :Road;for the pas* twelve years, died yesterday after a long illness. Miss Lundon, who was a daugh- ■•■: ter of the late Mr. John: Lundon, M.HR. for; the Bay of Islands, was one of the first four 'telephone exchange clerks ;in {Auckland, appointed :■ by the ; i; Ho% E. .-.(now Sir Edwin) MUchelson^aaV :( Postmaster-General.- about 32 years . ago. For many years she was ? a senior supervisor in the Auckland -'■ exchange. \ She , leaves three- sisters s Miss H. H. Lundon, „.■■■ assistant supervisor in the Auckland Tel©- ~~ Miss C. J. Lundori, head .3 teacher \of the; Native SchooL Papampa, , Tauranga; and Miss T. V. Lundon, of *. this city; and one brother, Mr. J. R. Lundon, of Esmuera. * The intermfint will take place iat; the Roman Catholic Geme? tery, Symonds Street, this afternoon.. .

MB/ SAMUEL E. FEASTS. ' l ; A' > famous Auckland engineer, MV. j$ Samuel Edgar Eraser, sixth son of the late Mr. George Fraser, founder, of tha-;?V!, well-known Auckland engineering firm of ' •;: Messrs. George Eraser and Sons, died r at Port Pirie. South Australia,--last Sat- - ■ . urday-. Mr. Eraser was well known in mining circles, particularly .on the Ohine- -. "' muri goldfield. A native of Auckland, h« skived ; his ';.'■ apprenticeship , in: his father's engineering works, and;then directed Hi* attention to the Olmieinuri goldfield. Mr.; Fraser was Engineer for the Waitekauri Goidmining Company during the mining boom of-J.895. 1 : Subsequently he joined': the;^Waihi r; Goidmining Company's staff, • being engaged at the erection of the ; com- : pany 's Waikino crusliin c mill, ci which ha ; was afterwards* superintendent for several,, years. Severing his connection with the company he commenced business in Auckland as consulting engineer. .; During ..the • / past seven years Mr. Fraser held a re-. sponsible ; position with the Smelters' Association of Port Pirie. and among the large undertakings recently, carried out for the -association -was \ +V« installation of an electric -power;;station -of 15,0(50 kilowatts. '•.: Mr. Fraser ; was an engineer of - high attainments, and the engineering community suffered a considerable loss by ■ his death. He is survived by Mrs. Fraser and" two sons. "'' /

lIEtJT.-COMMANDER A. C. A.- JANION

: Advice has been received thai Paymaster Lieut.-Commander 1 Arthur Cyril Austin Janion, M.V.0., 0.8. E., Croix do Guerre, was accidentally killed in Bombay On November 14. Ha visited the Dominion in H.M.S. New Zealand in 1913, and "was secretary to Sir Lionel Halsey during the Australian and New Zealand tourVof the Prince of Wales in H.M.S. Renown. ■'.■. ■ .