OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 40

OBITUARY.

MR W. J. HALL, O.E.

The death occurred yeterday, at his residence, Queen street, of Mr W. J."HalI,~ «ivil engineer. His death, is said to have been due to the after effects of influenza. Mr Hall was a native of South Australia, and came to New Zealand with his parents an 186*. He was educated at the Boys High School, and studied his profession under the late Mr James Aitken Connell, then of 4he firm of Connell and Mood^ •urveyors and estate agents.- After serving his apprenticeship he went to Aotth America, where he worked for three years on the construction of the Southern Pacific railway. Mr Hall returned to Dunedin in 1878, and was for two years Government District Surveyor in Southland and for three years surveyor in Canterbury In 1885 he went to Melbourne, where he followed his profession end carried out contracts on the Melbourne cable trjin. fie returned to New Zealand in 1884. and n occupied the position of resident engineer with the Hawera and Masterton waterworks. He acted professionally for the Dunedin City Council on the Lee Stream tunnel works, and was the contractors engineer on the Forbury road outfall sewer. Mr Hall was engineer to the Boroughs of Roslyn and Mornington in connection with their water supply schemes now under construction. These works he took over on the death of the late Mr G. M. Barr.

THE REV. J. C. ANDREW.

MASTERTON, December 8.

The death of the Rev. J. C. Andrew, the owner of the lea. Station, Tenui, occurred on Saturday morning. The deceased was born in 1822, and came to the Dominion from England in 1856. Mr Andrew purchased lea Station in 1866. He- acted for many years as minster of the district, and was twice returned to Parliament. $

WELLINGTON, December 9. r The Rev. J. p. Andrew^ whose death was announced this morning,7was a remarkable man. He completed his educational career At Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1844 and M.A. in 184-7. After bein^ ordained ho occupied the po3t of vicar at St. Michael's, Oxford, for one year. He was a Fellow and tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford, for some years, but decided to emigrate to New Zealand in 1856, landing at Lyttelton in tfie ship Westminster the same year. The following year, says the Post, Mr Andrew took up a sheep farm near the Waitaki River, and he also found time to carry out exploration work in the- Southern Alps and in the Mackenzie Country. In 1866 he sold out of his farm ano! settled on the bank of the Whareawa River, Tainui. in this island. The property was in a virein slate, but, with indomitable enemy, Mr Andrew set out to subdue the wilderness. Ta the course of years the Mount lea ISstate as he called it, became well known. During these years Mr Andrew acted as minister for the district, and in addition •took a keen interest Sn public affairs. Me ■was chairmen of various local bodies, a member of the first. Education Board for the WelHnjrton district, and he also represented the Wairarapa electorate m Parliaroent in the early seventies. Be retired * from politics owinsr to family reasons and >ook un the position of head master of the Nelson' College in 1880. Six years later 'he returned to his farm. From 1R74 till 1903 3\fr Andrew had a clr^se connection with the affairs of the New Zealand University, hi UrWch he always took a srreat lnt^t. He •as vice-chancellor from 1886 to igW. when

he retired. Latterly, owing to his great age, Mr Andrew lived practically in retirement.