OBITUARY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1426, 29 June 1899, Page 33

OBITUARY.

MR ARTHUR SCOULLAR,

At an cany hour on Monday morning Mr Arthur Scoullar, a well known citizen of Wellington, died at his residence, Upper Willis street. Though the deceased gentleman had been in failing health for the last year, his demise was somewhat unexpected, in fact, he was down to business a week ago. Mr Scoullar was a member of the firm of Scoullar and Chisholm, of Wellington and Dunedin. He was really the original founder of the firm the first title of which was North and Scoullar. Though lie took no active part in public affairs during his thirteen years residence in this city, Mr Scoullar was prominently identified with municipal government in Dunedin where he was a City Councillor for some time and also occupied the Mayoral chair. Mr Scoullar, who was m his seventieth year was a native of Stewarton, Ayrshire, and he landed m the colonies, at Melbourne, fifty-two years ago. He was an expresident of the Wellington Bowling Ciuo, and Ins death will be generally re- * gretted by its members. Mr Scoullar leaves a family of two sons and five daughters. Yesterday afternoon the employees of the Dunedin branch of the firm telegraphed that they desired a memorial wreath to he supplied on their behalf, as a mark of the esteem in which 3lr Scoullar was held by them, and the regret they felt at his death. MR G. C. STEVENSON. My G. c. Stevenson, a welf-kn, architect of this city, died at die Wellington Hospital on Monday morn mg, as the result of a complication of diseases. The deceased was a natiVe of Glasgow. Some years ago he was employed m the Public Works De partment but left to go to New South Wales. Mr Stevenson, however, returned to practise his profession in Wellington. Amongst his recent successes was the winning of the design competition for the new Opera House at Wanganui, the supervision of the erection of which was also entrusted to him. The deceased leaves a widow and two children. MR JOHN HARDING. “NAPIER, Monday. . Mr John Harding, well-known as a teetotal advocate, died yesterday, at his residence, Mount Vernon, Waipukurau, < aged 80.