OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23859, 13 July 1939, Page 11

OBITUARY

MR C. E. DANIELL (Per United Press association! MASTERTON, July 12. The death occurred early this morning, at the age of 83. of Mr Charles Edward Daniell, who had been associated with the public life of Masterton for 55 years. Born in England, he came to New Zealand in 1880, and settled in Mastertpn, engaging in building and sawmillirig. He developed his business slowly to the extensive state it is in to-day. He was 20 years on the Wellington Harbour Board, four years as chairman, and took a keen interest in developing education in Masterton. He was on the borough council for several years, a member of the Licensing Bench and the School Committee for many years. He was captain of the volunteer fire brigade, first chairman of the Solway Girls’ College Board of Governors, first chairman of the Technical School Board, on which he served for a long period, and on the Wairarapa High School Board of Governors for years from its inception. The deceased was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school over a long period of years, and was associated with many other local institutions. He leaves four sons and seven daughters. MR L. WOOLLIAMS <Per United Press Association) ROTORUA, July 12. The death occurred to-day of Mr Louis Woolliams, aged 69, one of the early residents of the Rotorua district. Mr Woolliams was born at Wallingford. England, in 1870, and as a child of two years of age came to the Dominion with his parents, Mr and Mrs William Charles Woolliams. They sailed as passengers on the William Davie, landing at Port Chalmers after a voyage occupying 93 days. Mr Woolliams’s father was responsible for the erection of many of the early public buildings at Port Chalmers, and it was there that his son received his early education. Mr Louis Woolliams was engaged for some years in farming near Tauranga, and paid his first visit to Rotorua in 1887, shortly after the Tarawera eruption. Later he was engaged in gold mining work at Waihi, and was the contractor for the formation of the road between Paeroa and Waihi before taking up farming near Napier and later in the Wellington district. „ Mr Woolliams came to Rotorua m 1905, when he took over a well-known private hotel, which he managed until 1909. In that year he built another large private hotel in the town, and ran it successfully until his retirement 20 years ago. Since that period he had accumulated substantial business interests and interested himself largely in public affairs. In 1923 he was appointed one of the Government representatives on the Rotorua Borough Council, and occupied that position until 1928, when he resigned. In 1933 he was returned as an elected member, and remained a member until the time of his death. He was keenly interested in beautification activities and was responsible for planting many Rotorua streets and also for the establishment of the Rotorua municipal camping ground. He is survived by his wife and a family ol two daughters and two sons. There are 12 grandchildren. MR DAN GREEN SYDNEY, July 11. The death has occurred of Mr Dm Green, aged 70. one of the outstanding personalities associated with the political Labour movement. He was regarded as the mystery man ol Labour politics in Australia. MR S. D. McREYNOLDS AMERICAN POLITICIAN (United Press Association) (Bv Electric Telegraph— Copyright' WASHINGTON, July 11. The death is announced of Mr Samuel Mcßeynolds, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr Samuel Davis Mcßeynolds. who was 67 years of age. was appointed judge of the Criminal Court in 1903, and was elected to the same office three times without opposition. He was a member of the sixty-eighth to the seventy-fifth Congress, and was a delegate to the International Economic Conference in London in 1933.