OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21365, 19 June 1931, Page 9

OBITUARY

MR ALEXANDER S. CAMPBELL Advice has been received of the death yesterday at Wanganui of Mr Alexander S. Campbell, who was for many years a well-known and highly esteemed officer in the Dunedin railways traffic district, and who, prior to his transfer to Auckland in December last, held the position of indoor assistant traffic manager at Dup edin. Mr Campbell, who was born in 1883, joined the Railways Department as a cadet in the goods office at Dunedin in 1897, and after serving in various stations in the Dunedin district he was appointed station master at Pukeuri in 1908. In 1913 he was transferred to / Christchurch, and two years later he returned to Dunedin as clerk in the district traffic manager’s office, in which position he remained until February, 1925, when he was appointed chief clerk in the South Island divisional superintendent’s office at appointed outdoor assistant to the district traffic manager, Dunedin, taking over the duties of indoor assistant in August of the same year. In December, 1930, he was transferred to Auckland as station master, but he had held this appointment only till the beginning of May, when h * was made acting district traffic manager at Wanganui. Mr Campbell had been receiving medical attention for some time, but about 10 days ago he found it necessary to enter a private hospital for treatment for septicaemia. Through his death the Railways Department has lost an officer whose efficiency, tact, and courtesy won him the regard not only of his colleagues, but of the business community generally. He is survived by his widow and two of a family. The body will be brought to Waikouaiti for private interment.

MRS BARBARA MASTERS The death occurred early last Monday morning of Mrs Barbara Masters, widow of Mr William Williams Masters, at the advanced age of 88 years. Born in Ki?caldy, Scotland, in 1842, she came at an early age to South Australia with her parents, Mr and Mrs James Wishart. Later, in 1870, she arrived in New Zealand to be married at Cromwell, and for nearly 50 years Mr and Mrs Masters made their home in the Nevis district. Although she encountered many of the hardships common to the early settler’s lot, she preserved a cheery and kindly disposition, and while of a retiring nature she yet made her home a centre of warm hospitality and Christian influence, and was much respected and esteemed. In 1020 Mr and Mrs Masters removed to North-East Valley, where they resided until Mr Masters’s death in 1020. The widow then made her home with her daughter, Mrs R. D. Poison, at Sawyers’ Bay. She is survived by a family of one son (Mr James Masters, Maori Hill), and five daughters,'Mrs C. Manson (Green Island), Mrs T. Omonrt (Coal CreekFlat), Mrs J. Geggie (Balclutha), Mrs R. D, Poison (Sawyers’ Bay), and Mrs A. R. Richardson (Ravensboume), and by 12 grandchildren and one great-grand-child. The funeral took place at the new cemetery, Port Chalmers, on Tuesday afternoon, six of the grandsons being the pall-bearers. The services at home and graveside were impressively conducted by the Rev. Mr Grant, late Congregational minister, Port Chalmers, a life-long friend of the deceased’s parents in Angaston, South Australia. MRS ANDREW DAVIDSON The death occurred at her residence, “Errol Bank,” St. Leonards, yesterday afternoon, of Mrs Andrew Davidson, at the ripe age of 90 years. Mrs Davidson, who was the relict of Mr Andrew Davidson, of the New Zealand Railways, was one of the early settlers of the district, coming out in the ship Mataura in 1863. She was of a retiring disposition, and of a very kind-hearted and hospitable nature, and she will be missed by her numerous friends, both old and young, who were always made welcome at her home. Mrs Davidson is survived by three sons and five daughters, namely — Andrew and Neil, of Central Otago, and David, who is in Australia, Mrs A. Douglas and Mrs J. Brown, of Dunedin, Mrs P. H. Macdonald, of St. Leonards, Mrs C. J. Holdgate, of Tiraaru, and Mrs R. Page, of Masterton.

CAPTAIN THOMAS CHUDLEY (Feb Un.itki i'kkss \ssoa.vrios.; WELLINGTON, June 18. The death is announced of Captain Thomas Harry Chudley, marine superintendent of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, aged 02. The deceased first wont to sea in the early ’eighties, and joined the Shaw, Savill Company as a junior officer in 1890. His first command was the old Maori, and he was later master of the company’s first Kangatira. After the command of other vessels he was in May, 1915, appointed marine superintendent, which position he hold till his death yesterday. The deceased is survived by his widow and five daughters. Flags on the Dunedin shipping companies’ offices were flown tit half-mast ycstcrdav.