OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22284, 9 June 1934, Page 11

OBITUARY

MR \V. VORRATH The sporting community will learn with regret of the death of Mr William Vorrath, the well-known club and representative cricketer, which occurred, following a brief illness, at Dunedin Hospital on Thursday. Mr Vorrath was principally known through his .association with the Albion. Club, of which he had been a member for a considerable number of years. He was captain of the senior eleven for four years, and during the 1927-1028 season -he represented the province in all its matches, including the game against the Australian eleven which visited New Zealand during that season. He scored 103 not out in the match, against. Wellington. In 1933 he went to work at the• Waitaki Hydro Works, and that year was selected to' play for North Otago. On his return to Duitedin he was again chosen to captain the Albion team, and.in this capacity he was recognised by every player with whom he came ftt contact as an efficient leader, a keen cricketer, and a good sportsman. Up to a few years ago Mr Vorrath was also a keen footballer, and after an association with the. Union Club which extended over several years, he] joined the ranks of the Rugby League, in. which code he represented Otago for two seasons, and was finally selected as a member of the South Island team.

V -MR H. B. CAREY

. Mr Henry Boyce Carey, whose death occurred on Thursday at his residence in Caversham, was born in 1857, and was the only surviving son of Mr David Carey, one of the earliest settlers in the province, who arrived at Waikouaiti by the Magnet in 1840. In the early days the Carey family was well known in Lower Harbour, and Carey's Bay, below Port Chalmers, was named after Mr Carey, senior. Mr Henry Carey was a coachbuilder by trade, and for many years was a partner in the firm of Messrs Glaister and Carey, which some years ago was one of the foremost coachbuilding businesses in the city. MISS C. E. CHALMER The death* occurred in Wellington on Thursday of Miss Clara Ellen Chalmer, third daughter of Mr and. Mrs Edward Chalmer, of Dunedin, who were amongst the earliest settlers in Otago. . Miss Chalmer was for many years headmistress of the Musselburgh School, from which she retired nine years ago. She then paid an extended visit to England and the Continent. For the last few years Miss Chalmer had resided with her sister, Miss May Chalmer, in Highland Park.