OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24633, 14 June 1941, Page 10

OBITUARY

MR JOHN SCOTT The death occurred on Wednesday of Mr John Scott, a well-known and respected resident of Broad Bay. Mr Scott was born 82 years ago at Sanquhar. Dumfries, Scotland. He arrived at Lyttelton in the ship W. W. Smith when he was a lad of 14. He journeyed to Southland, and from there went to the Wakatipu district, where he found work as a shepherd on various sheep runs. He worked on the Burwood, Walter Peak, and Mount Nicholas Stations, or runs, as they were known in those days. He was a typical Scottish pioneer. He became an authority on sheep and cattle, but finally took up dairy farming at Broad Bay, where he married and settled down. For years .Mr Scott was a well-known figure at the Burnside sales, and his advice about matters relating to sheep and cattle was often sought after by farmers. For many years Mr Scott was chairman of the Broad Bay School Committee. His many friends in and around Dunedin and on the Peninsula will regret his passing. He was predeceased by his wife three years ago, and is survived by two daughters—Miss Mary Scott (Broad Bay) and Mrs G. G. Notm'an (Portobello) —and three sons, Messrs Walter Scott (Timaru), William Scott (on service), and J. T. Scott (Lower Portobello). IVJR M. H. HAMPSON i (P.A.) ROTORUA, June 13. The death occurred yesterday of Mr Martin Heywood Harapson, aged 54, a prominent barrister and recognised as one of the leading authorities on Maori law. He recently returned from London, where he was leading counsel for the appellant before the Privy Council Judicial Committee in a case affecting Maori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi. At the time of his death, Mr Hampson was engaged on a memorial to the Privy Council requesting a Royal Commission to investigate Native rights, if any. under the treaty. Educated at Auckland University College, he had practised in Rotorua since 1908, and was solely responsible for recovering the Maori grants for education endowments and establishing a high school. He was also prominent in legislation leading to the freeholding of Rotorua property, and the formation of the borough under the Rotorua Town Lands Act, 1920.