OBITUARY.
PROFESSOR F. .W. C. HAS LAW- - . •. >: vV>z. Professor /Francis"" William Chapman Haslam, of Havelock; North, died in * private hospital' in Auckland ; yesterday.. He was formerly' professor of classics at Canterbury •' College, Christchurch, ■ a wi was on a visit to' Auckland. '■ t'Professor Haslam, . who was born in Ceylon in < 1848, was educated at'.; th® famous- Rugby; School, . where he v became head of the school. At Cambridge University he won an exhibition and foundation scholarship, and graduated B-A-first-class in the . classical tripos of 18'0At; the end .of 1879 he was appointed professor of classics "at Canterbury Col- ■ lege, ' after having been . a master riff fillseveral schools in - England. J He was a , well-known member of the CHnstchurch' Golf Club. -I When ,he first V went to Canterbury College he was an active footballer, and played the game for soma time- > : He also instituted the Haslam, ;.; Shield at Canterbury ..College, for shoot* ing. 'He retired about 10 years ago.'vf;&«M MR. J. C. McGEORGE. j [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCUTIOH.J &gg| > ' , '/ DUNEBIN. Friday.^^l The death is announced of Mr. John & McGeorge, aged 61, best known in mining operations as a director of the We«tport.U|||l Coal Company. ' j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 12
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