OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23489, 28 October 1939, Page 14

OBITUARY

MR. ROBERT DUNCAN [by telegraph —own correspondent] DUNEDIN, Friday The death occurred suddenly at Wellington this week of Mr. Robert Duncan, who had gone north at the beginning of the week to attend the annual conference of the Boys' Brigade, of which he was the Dominion president. Mr. Duncan was born at Glasgow in 1868, and on coming to Dunedin entered the service of Boss and Glendining, with which firm ho remained for over 30 years as & departmental buyer and later as factory manager. Ho subsequently joined the firm of Alex. Thompson and Sons, Limited, of which he became managing "director. He beca ne a member of the City Council Syi 1909 and served for a term, but lie took no further part in local politics until 1932, when ho was appointed by the Government to a scat on the harbour board. He took a prominent part in tho affairs of the Dunedin Manufacturers' Association, and for three years was vice-president of that body. He was also a member of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, on tho council of which ho served for three years. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.

MRS. CAROLINE O'TOOLE [from our own corrksponijent] CAMBRIDGE, Friday The death lias occurred at a private hospital, Cambridge, of a well-known resident, Mrs. Caroline O'Toole, of Duke Street, aged 78. Mrs. O'Toole was born at Ararat, Victoria, being the third daughter o:t the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Robertson. As an infant, Mrs. O'Toole came to New Zealand with her parents and was a girl of 19 when her parents moved to Cambridge. She was married in Cambridge to Mr. Francis Desmond O'Toole at St. Andrew's Anglican Church in ISB7, tho officiating clergyman being the late Archdeacon Willis. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. O'Toole went to Te Aroha, but four years later returned to Cambrige, where Mivs. O'Toole had resided since. She had been a resident of Duke Street for the past 23 years. She is survived by five sons and four daughters.