OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19957, 28 May 1928, Page 9

OBITUARY.

DR. W. H. FITCHETT. HISTORIAN AND CHURCHMAN. -• - . .. . MELBOURNE, May 26. The death has occurred of the Rev. Dr. William Henry Fitchett, the distinguished Methodist historian. For many yearn he was principal of the Methodist Ladies' College at Hawthorn. He had been married and had fivn sons and one daughter. Dr. W. H. Fitchett was bom in. England, and with his parents came to Australia in 1854, and became a minister of the Methodist Cburclr. His books have had a large sale, including "Deeds that Won the Empire," "Fights for the Flag," "Nelson and His Captains,", and books on religion, including "Wesley and His Times. He was for 46 years principal of the Methodist College at Hawthorn. He founded "Life"* in 1904, and edited it for many years. \ MR. T. S. BUTLER. Australian Press Association—United Servio® (Received May 27, 5.5 WASHINGTON, May 26. The death has occurred of Jiir. Thomas S. Butler, the chairman of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives, aged 72. . Mr. Thomas S. Butler was born in Pennsylvania in 1855. He was a member of the Bar, and was a Judge for some years. He was elected to Congress in 1897, and represented Pennsylvania as a Republican member of the House of Representatives. MR. E. J. ODELI. Australian Press Association—United Service (Received May 27, 5.35 p.m.) . LONDON, May 26. >■ The death has occurred of the actor, Mr. E. J. OdeH, aged 93. He was known as the last of the Bohemians and the "King of the Savage Club." MISS E. A. JOHNSON. Australian Press Association—United Servic« (Received May 27, 5.6 p.m.) MONTREAL, May 2S. The death has occurred of Miss Eleanor A. Johnson, the (superintendent of the Bethany House Redemptive Institution of the United Church of Canada. Miss Johnson was formerly head of a Government institution for delinquent girls in New Zealand.