OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19803, 31 May 1926, Page 8

OBITUARY.

MR FREDERICK COLLINGWOOD LIGGINS. Private advice received in Dunedin announces the death in Perth (Western Australia) on Friday of Mr Frederick Collingwood Liggina. an ex-resident of Dunedin. Mr Liggins was born in this city, and was educated at the Arthur Street and Otago Boys’ High Schools. After leaving school he joined the staff of the Standard Insurance Company, and quickly rose to a position of responsibility. Some 12 years ago he was promoted to the management of the Invercargill branch of the company, and two years later opened a branch in Perth, and he had resided in that : tv ever mce. He paid a visit to his old home city some two years a>ro on the occasion of the jubilee of the company. In his younger davs he took a keen interest in the sporting life of the community, and will be remembered by many as a brilliant batsman in the CarLbrook Club. He was also a gymnast of more than average ability. He was one of the founders of the Dunedin Competitions Society, of which he was treasurer until his departure for Invercargill, in which_ town he was instrumental in a strong society being formed. The late Mr Liggins was a brother-in-law of Mr A. W. Stables, of this city. He leaves a widow and four of a family. ADMIRAL SIR WILMOT H. FAWKES. (Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, Mav 20. (Received May 30, at 5.5 p.m.) The death is announced of Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, K.C.8.. K.C.V.0., LL.D. —A. ’ N.Z. Cable. Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes Was born in 1846, and was educated at Cambridge. Entering the Royal Navy lin 1860. he rose to the position of commander in 1886, when he commanded the Royal Yacht.. He was in command of several warships at various periods, and in 1891 was made naval adviser to the Inspector-general of Fortifications. He was A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, and private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. Later he commanded the cruiser squadron, and was fr. three years (1905-8) coramander-in-chief of the Australian Division, He retired in 1911. SIR JAMES CANTLIE. LONDON, May 29. (Received May 30, at 5.5 p.m.) The death is announced of Sir James Cantlie, K.B.E.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Sir James Cantlie was born in Banffshire in 1851, and was educated at the Aberdeen University and the Charing Cross Hospital. At the time of his death he was _ president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which body he founded in 1921. He was also consulting surgeon to the Seamen’s pital Society. His official positions included those of. demonstrator and-lecturer at Charing Cross Hospital, examiner at Aberdeen University. He went to K"vot in 1883 with the cholera expedition and was later made Dean of the College of Medicine for Chinese in China. He visited medical centres throughout Asia, Europe, and America. He published many valuable treatises on medicine and surgery.