OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18616, 25 January 1924, Page 10

OBITUARY.

MR. ROLAND W. SAINT-CLAIR, Ifyrther news has been received regardi • 'ing'-the death of Mr. Roland William oaiat-Clair, formerly of - Auckland, : iii.*&jl|g Saiat-Clair, who died at Thames Ditton, ' i Surrey, 'England, in November/ was 1| widely.known in Auckland business circles. 1 He was an enthusiast in all matters relet-v « ing to swimming and; life-saving"and was t a Hie member of the Auckland Shimming Club. Formerly: he: 'was a . keen oarsman X Ss?® and belonged to the Star Boating Club, Wellintcn. At. a later date be was a '; ; member of the Waitemata Bowing ■ Club. : - ~ Mr.' Saint-Clair was one of the" founders ' '~ of the Auckland Accountants' Association and an original member of 1 the Pacifio Club. _He was also a member of", the: ,f, r Auckland Golf Club and belonged to the ■■>: : 'l : A Battery-Volunteers. He had ;. made"-'.; several trips ?:to' England > arid 'Scotland; - ; r * and had been to Norway,"'.where he had * an audience j with King Haakon. Until. his departure for Canada, Mr. Saint-Clair i; '' held in Auckland the position of Vice-" ;-* Consul for Norway'. His wife predeceased him by about fifteen months." ~" MR.' W. ACTON ADAMS. [BI IELZOBAffH.— tO*BE«KWrDHK* I '' '>??% ■ -. _:■ ■• ■•■ - - ' ■ -,"■" 8 CHBISTCHUJaCH. Thta»a«T. S##| Mr., William Acton Adams, an, : . early X3£|| Nelson colonist, died in London last Satur- r . ' - < day at the age of 80 years. Mr. Adams, whet '•'" arrived: at Nelson in. 1850, wiiih his par-.- . ents, ; was the eldest son of the late Mr. ! L*f£ William Adams, first Superintendent of m•„ Marlborough, and leader of the movement / -.'' -' for the separation of. the Wairau district ' 1 ' from Nelson, which'resulted in the creation- v& of the Marlborough Province in 1859. Mr. SS| Acton Adams, who .formerly was a partner in the Nelson legal firm'.'of Messrs. '■ Adams and Kingdon, y represented "Nelson*^,V. in the House of .Representatives, for a term ""• in 1879. .< He afterwards resided in Can- -\. terbury, but removed to England several ■, * - i years, ago. ■ He leaves three sons and a'. ; -,