THE LATE MR. CHEESEMAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10

THE LATE MR. CHEESEMAN.

WIDESPREAD "REGRET.

;The news of the .death of Mr. T. F. Clieeaeman, curator of the Auckland Museum, has j been .: received ; with , extreme % reV gret in all parts of the Dominion, and many expressions of this nature have been received by the president of the institute, Mr. .J. H. Giinson, ; including ; one from the curator of the Canterbury Museum. Mr. R. : Speight. ■r,-. Speaking ■yesterday; Of' : the plans : . to house Auckland's ; magnificent ; museum collection in >; the ; new building to be ereoted in the Domain, ;Mf. - Gunson said tho death of Mr. hftd removed the head of the movement, as Mr. Cheeseman, in his capacity as curator of ; the museum for the ; past 49 years, had been the guiding spirit and ; had beet, elbsely associated with the citizens' "committee forwarding the movement from the biiteet.i His loss was ; but '■■ the committee : had the benefit of : his/ advice and assistance up to the point when the success of the project• was assured, and a!' requirements had been ascertained and | definitely set down. < :. ,f\ " We were looking forward to having j the assistance of Mr. Cheeseman. arid ■; the benefit of his wide knowledge in the trans-1 ference of the museum activities '■■ to the i new building at an early date," said ; Mr. Gunson, "but thai, will now fall to other hands." ' ! -':'^ : :iP :: y : : : - r l :;<-;;^";

SERVICE TO NURSERYMEN. [BY : TELEGRAPH.— • CORRESPONDENT.] .DUNEDIN. Wednesday. . V Mew Zealand is poorer to-day for the death of Mr. Cheeseman, who was one of the ablest"•; botanists she has yet produced," said Mr.; G. A. Green, organiser of itho New Zealand Association of Nurserymen. "Bn was thorough, painstaking; reliable, and r iinobstrucive, yet always ready and willing to give information to inquirers. Nurserymen of New* Zealand have lost guide who was always prepared to go into matters requiring attention and assist in finding a correct solution for them. To many of the younger generation ,of nurserymen he was a father '*■ The passing of r : Mr, ,i Cheeseman, ''iMv;' Green believes, serves to ; emphasise the need ,•■• that exists for a ; school of horticulture and a chair in one of the University ; colleges, where " horticulture, v scientific and commercial, may receive proper attention, and where young: people may receive the education and training indispensable to qualify them -to serve their country with credit.