THE LATE COUNCILLOR MOUAT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 30

THE LATE COUNCILLOR MOUAT.

Very general regret wss expressed in town on Friday at the death at Milton on 'the previous day of Mr C. M. Mount, for it wan recognised that he possessed qualities 0? mird and heart that titled him for a rareer of great usefulness, and perhaps cvi nof distinction. The eldeet eon of Mr John Mcuat, golicitcr. of this city, was educated at tho Biys'Uigh School, and thereafter at the Olago University, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1890, taking the dogtf-e of Bachelor cf Laws two ycaro later. On the 27th May, 1892, he «&■• a.-inv'tUd ac a barrmtor and pclicifc. r of tlw Hit.ireujfl Ccurr, joining his fallur i; v lirtll «' i & ' 1! iS a"d on the 31st Augns*-, IcOS, it vvf-s(.!cc ( <d vwtbeut opposition to a seat u> tleCilj Council as a representative for Lcitb W.ird. For several weeks past he had been in Ii hoaith, and about a fortnight ago was grnnlpd (hreo niontls' Itayo of absence from tho n.-f ti; gs of tho City Council, while about the *..>■- l : nie he wcut lo Milton with the double i>i"ip -•?« of ottriiinng a change of air and of taking charge of the ptncUce of Mr D. Reid, solicitor, during tbe aberuco from the colony of tho tatter, who left for England by the last 'Frisco mail steamer. Mr Mouat came to town last week ou bur-inpss, and he then expressed the brlic-F that hti was recovering, but it wa& realised by many of those who saw him that he was, as the late Dr Stuaro would have put it, utidir marching orders. The end came suddenly, however, a severe attack of hemorrhage seizing bini en Thursday morning and carrying him eft' bs-Foro the internal bleeding could fee checked. Out of respect to his memory, the flag at the Town Hnll was displayed at half-mast on Fiiday.

Mr Moual was, as has been already indicated, a joung man of considerable promise— a fact which was fully recognised by the leaders in bis profession. Well informed, courteous, and possessed of natural advantages of no mean order, he made a diutincUy favourable im^res-

sion in the courts, and ss repirter for some little time pa6t in the Olago district for the "New Zealand Law Reports" he did good work. He maintained a close connection with the university freni the time he left its walls as a graduate. He was a piominent member of the Debating Society while in attendance at classes ; he was a prominent figure in the University Dramatic Society, and earned high praise tor his rendering ot "old men "parts; and in 1896 he was president of the Students' Association. Quite recently he whs elected a vice-pre?ide«t of the brauch of the New Zealand Natives' Afcoc'ation which has lean established in Dnur.din.

Blr Jns'ice Penncfathcr b it fly refwd to Mr Mount's death in Chamb. r jnn Friday. " Btfoie commencing the^bur-iuesH thi« mouvhig, I vhb," bis Hoi, or observed, "to say with what regret I have s-:en ths notice cf the death of Mr C. M. Mouat. It is the first vecancy in the list of tfcose who, only a few weeks ago, welcomed me so kindly and cordially in tbisrooi-i, and i nred not ray that I fee! very eiiicerp s\irpnthy wish bis father and relati*e* in thr-ir ;-fIl »'v,>\''

The funeral of the late Mr 0. M. Mount took place on Sunday. Despite tiie snow-torm a large number of reprc-enUitne citi'ens assembled at the deceased "entleinan's late residence in Walker street to p:ty their lust resi ects to the dead. Amongst those who followed the body to its last renting place in tho Northern Cemetery were the members of the City Council (of which body the bio Mr Mono.' was a member), the members of the Law Society, the executive and many memboss of the New Zealand Nati\e&' Association (of which deceased was vice-president), and the members of the University Students' Association. The flag on the Town Hall was flying ho If -mast high. The Rev. Father Murphy officiated at tho cemetery, and as the mourners stood round the open grave an.irl&t the falling snow the scene was a solemn and touching one.