OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2614, 20 April 1904, Page 44

OBITUARY.

The death is announced of Mr Charle3 Edward Mallard] Haughton, an old resident of Gtago. Deceased was educated' at Oxford, andJ was intended by Ms parents for holy orders m the Anglican Church. He gained his MvA. degree, and was appointed chaplain to H.M.S. Euryalus, then stationed in the Mediterranean, and at that time under the command of Admiral Sir A. L. Kupei\ The Euryalus had on board! as a iiaval cadet his Royal Highness th-e late Duke of Edinburgh, and part of the late Mr Haugh ton's duties was to coach the young Duke in ihis studies an,d generally look aft-ir his spiritual welfare. The Euryalus took part in the bombardment of Sebastopol -when the Crimean, war broke out, and. as one of the chaplains to the fleet before Sebastopol, Mr Haughton was the recipient of two Crimean var medals. Leaving- the navy, deceased came out to New Zealand in 1863, and - made his way to the Arrow, where he practised as mining agent, atid became connected with journalism. lie speedily made himself popular in the Lakes district, and in 1866 was elected to the Otago Provincial Council as representative fox that portion of the province. He continued to b0 a member until 1871, and during that, time filled the position of Chairman 'of Committees' with considerable ability. In' '1872 he was elected to the ' General Assembly, and acted aa senior whip for Sir E. W. Stafford's short-lived Ministry. Subsequently deceased obtained the position of Und'ar-secretary for Immigration, which, however, he resigned in 1876, and left Wellington for Dunedin, where he waa em» ployed by the late Mr George Eell as leaderwriter for the Evening Star. Deceased's scholastic attainments and knowledge of politics eminently suited him for a journaJistio career, and he contributed to the Southland Times, Lake Wakatip Mail, and other journals for >a number of years. Mr F. Mallard, of this city, is a ccxisin of the deceased, who also hadi relatives in Colchester, Englar^d.

The North Otago Times states that news has been received of the death jin San Francisco of John W. Ronayne-Dickson, an old-time resident of Oamaxu, where he was known as W. H. Eonayne. The deceased was horn in Ireland in 1830, but was taken to the United States when about six months old. Coming to New Zealand, he was for some time employed in Dunedin as a compositor. He was -for some years a partner in the proprietary of the North Otago Times,, but in the early eighties left for Auckland, and thence went to San Francisco, where he owned a paper named the Californian Turf. In Oamarn Mr Ronayne was for some time a member of the firm of W. J. Steward and Co., and afterwards was in partnership with Mt W. H. Cottrell as booksellers arid stationers. He -was a keen coursing man, aaxl owned Camellia and KaUhleen, the former being 1 a winner of the New Zealand Waterloo.