OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26216, 29 July 1946, Page 6

OBITUARY

MISS ELLEN MELVILLE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, July 27. The death occurred In a private hospital this- morning of Miss Ellen Melville, who had taken a prominent part in the affairs of the city for many years. Born at Wairoa, she was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and at Auckland University College, and she was admitted to the Bar on December 4, 1906, entering practice as a solicitor three years later. She served on the Auckland City Council and was also a member of the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board. Entering the sphere of national politics in the Reform interests, she contested the Grey Lynn electorate in 1925, and later stood for Eden, Roskill and Auckland East. Miss Melville was an ardent feminist, and for many years was president of the Auckland branch of the National Council of Women. She was also convener of the international relations section of the New Zealand Pan-Pacific Women’s Committee. Gn two occasions she was Dominion president of the Libraries Association of New Zealand.

MR GEORGE B. MANN (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, July 28. The death occurred suddenly to-day of Mr George Bernard Mann, manager of Messrs George Syme and Company, Ltd., timber merchants of Hawera. He was chairman of the Management Committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union and of the southern division of the Taranaki Cricket Association. He was 55 years old.

THE REV. F. W. BOYS The Rev. Frederick William Boys, of St. Heliers, Auckland, died on Friday at the age of 77. He was born and educated in London, and in 1891 he came from the Champness Joyful News Mission of England to join the Primitive Methodist Church in New Zealand. In the latter part of last century he was stationed at Foxton, Thames and Bluff, and in 1901 he joined the Methodist Church of New Zealand after the union with the Primitive Church had taken place. Mr Boys was then successively stationed at Otautaii, Balclutha, Hawera and St. Paul’s in Palmerston North. In 1919 he retired from the ministry because of poor health, and became a representative of the Australian Mutual Provident Society in Palmerston North. From 1925 to 1939, when he retired, he was a representative of the society in Auckland. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.