OBITUARY

Otago Witness, Issue 2691, 11 October 1905, Page 29

OBITUARY

Mr William Raitt, of Hedgehope (Southland), died very suddenly on Sunday morning from failure of the heart's action. About five woeks ago he met with an accident through the horse he was riding running aarainst a closed gate. Mr Raitt's leg being fractured. He made such good progress that it was anticipated that he would be able to return home in a few days. On Sunday morning he was apparently in good health and the best of spirits, when the end came suddenly and painlessly. Mr Raitt was the eldest son of the late Professor Raitt, of Glasgow, and came to New Zealand about 11 years a»o. J* Mr James Waddell,' who diedi at his residence, Mosgiel, on Saturday Ist was born in Lanark in 1526. and ca-ine out to Otago in the Sili^ria in 1851. For some time after his arrival the deceased conducteel a private school in Dunedin, and when the late Dr Hislop was appointed secretary to the Otago Education Board in 2571, Mr Waddell succeeded him as t°aoher of the Eas>t Taieri School. After holding tho position for 30 years, he retired from, the profession, having completed has jubilee as a fceachei. He had been an elSer and session clerk

in East Taieri Church fox upwards of a quarte* of a century, arid alwas's took a keen interest in all chinch matters. Of a retiring' and backward deposition, he was a man who wa-9 highly lespected by all who came in contact with him, being of a kind, loving, and sympathetic disposition. On his retirement from the school, where he had so long laboured, he was presented by his old and then present scholars with an illuminated! address as % token of their respect and goodwill towards him. Mr Waddell leaves a widow, two sona, and one daughter. Mr James "VVaddell, his eldest son, has been teaching in the East Taieri School since his father's letirement. His other son, Mr John "Waddell, of Mataura, is well known in agncul-tural circles. A j\ r el bourne cable announces the death of Judse Gaunt. Captain Robert Andrew, whose death took p'acs in Melbourne on Sunday, was an old resident, well known in connection with shipping a.nd mining afiaiis. He was en-s-aped m the coasting trade in the sixties. Later on he purchased a sawmill at Catlins, and spent seven years in the district. He returned to Dunedin in 1888. and shortly pfterwards paid a visit to India and tha Home Country. He became interested in uinin? and was the means of introducing English capital to assist in the development of the mining industry. He returned to the colony m 1906, and, after being connected with various mining ventures, proceeded to Melbourne in 1:300, and was there connected uith mining matters up to the day of his . doath. A son, Mr A. K. Andrew, was awarded the Exhibition Science Research Scholarship lafet year. A daughter of his is on the staii

of the High School, and another daughter, Miss Fanny Andrew, -was also for some time in the seivice of the Otago Education Board

Our Lawrence correspondent writes that ilrs Jeremiah Brosnan died very suddenly at Blue Spur on Friday morning. She had been ?• respected resident of the district for many years. The cause of death is supposed to be heart disease.