OBITUARY RECORD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 93

OBITUARY RECORD.

Widespread regret has been ocaseioned by the death, through accident, of Tom Morris, the famous golfer, on May 24, when he was within three weeks of completing his 87th year. Tom was in his usual health, and in the afternoon had been chatting in the smoking room afc the New Club. St. Andrews. A little before 4 o'clock he was found lying on

' sensible at the bottom of a flight of stairs, and though medical aid was at once procured, he died in about an hour's time. The base of the skull was fractured. It seems that there are two stairs in the basement of the club— the one leading to a lavatory and the other to a cellar — and Tom must by mistake have opened the wrong door and fallen down. He was respected as a man not less than he was admired as a golfer, and he played the game in a quiet way with the* ladies up to the last. He had four times won the champion belt. At his funeral the links and the shops were closed, and the cortege included mourners from all parts of Scotland and England. An open carriage was filled with the wreaths sent. The remains were interred beside those of his son — who also won the golf championship four times — in the Cathedral graveyard. " Young Tom '• died in 1875, aged only 24. The father was also noted for 50 years as a curler, and he was a successful maker of and dealer in golf clubs. The Rev. Dr Hutlon, of Paisley, the redoubtable apostie of the Disestablishment movement in Scotland, died suddenly in Edinburgh on May 29, aged 83. and in ! the 57th year of his ministry. He was | .attending the sittings of the General | Assembly of the United Free Church, and j had taken an active part in them. On going home on the 28th he felt unwell, and a doeter who was called in said he ; ought to return to Paisley as soon as j possible. He was dressing in order to do so, when he was suddenly laid low and survived only a few minutes. Dr Hutton had ministered with diligence and acceptance to the Caval Street Church, Paisley, since 1851, and he was also principal for some years of the Theological Hall of the United Presbyterian Church. Nevertheless it was as leader of the Disestablishment campaign that be was best known. To that movement he devoted his fullest enerffies, and no amount of opposition or lack of success ever daunted him. His courage and tenacity, and free as tliey were from all bitterness, won the admiration of all, and even in the General Assembly of the Established Church his death was spoken of with genuine regret. He was buried at Paisley, where his funeral was practically a public one, and the whole town was in mourning. The Rev. Dr Robert Scott, minister of Craig parish church, Montrose, died suddenly on May 25, in Edinburgh, to which he had come to attend the General Assembly. He had been minister of Craig Church since 1873, and was one of the most influential ministei6 in the east of Scotland. He also took a leading part in educational matters in the district. He received the degree .of D.D. only last year from his alma mater, the University of St. Andrews. He is survived by his widow and a family of sons and daughters. The deaths of the following ministers have also been announced :— Rev. Robert Carslaw, for over 38 years minister of Ladyburn U.F. Church, Glenluce, aged 70 j Rev. W. B. Gardiner, for nearly 44 years minister of the Original Secession Church, Pollokshaws, aged 70; Rev. J. C. Dick, for 32 years minister of the parish church of Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, aged 58. Mr Charles Macintyre, super in tendant of police at Oban, has just died with startling suddenness. He- had taken a prisoner to Glasgow to be confined in Duke street prison, and on the way thither he was taken ill. " The prisoner informed the cabman, who drove on with all haste, knowing that medical aid was obtainable at the prison, but by the time it was usached air Macintyre was dead, the cause of death being heart failure. The deceased was 68 years of ago Mr William Shair, a gardener, who was well-known throughout fcbe Border districts by his frequent communications to the local newspapers upon the flora of the Boiders, and who was held in high esteem, has died at Galtehiels, aged 68. GENERAL NEWS. Mr Bruce J. Home has presented the Edinburgh Corporation with a carefully prepared list of the old houses still remaining in the Old Town. He says that it may be safely affirmed that since 1860 two-thirds of the ancient buildings within that area have been demolished. Mr Frank Fletcher, H.M. Inspector of Schools of Art in the south-east and southwest of England, has been appointed Director of the new College of Art in Edinburgh. The salary attached to the post is £800 per annum. Lord Inverclyde has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dumbarton, in the place of the ' late Lord Overtoun. During the twelve months ended on May 31. the Glasgow tramways carried 226,487,350 passengers. and earned £907,460. As compared with the preceding year these figures show increases of 1,526,941 passengers and £20,079. On the other hand the corporation telephone undertaking shows a deficit of about £16,000. Dr Gerald Leighton. who received his early education at Nelton, New Zealand, has been appointed Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology in the Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and where he has been lecturing on those subjects for six years. The chair has now been endowed by Mr A. I. MacCallum, M.R.C.V.S. Owing to the lack of Continental demands for early herring, there has been a glut in the market at Fraserburgrh. One shilling per cran was obtained until larger boat loads arrived, when the fish became unsalable at any price whatever. The driver of a tramway car in Ediaburgh fell on the platform in a fit while at his work, but the. conductor released the cable, applied the brakes, and stopped the car just in time to prevent it from colliding with another one in front which was at a etandstill. The new Government magnetic observatory at Eskdalemuir being completed, the instruments removed from Keiv are now being installed. The Ayr Steamship Company, Limited, has made over its interests to thA Lairri

Line, Limited, trading with Belfast Lame, etc. A virago created a disturbance in th Kirkcaldy Police Court the ether day shouting threats at the top of her voice A woman who appeared as a witness sai< the accused had threatened to " wash tin close with her heart's blood." She wa. fined 20s, or 14 days' imprisonment ii default, and was sent to prison for sevei days more for contempt of court. Cluny harbour, Buckie, is to be extendec at a cost of £90,000, of which £5000 ii to be contributed by the town, and it now being raised by public subscription. Inree railway surfacemen, after a fierce light, captured a golden eagle alive nea] Ardgay, Ross-shire, by throwing theii coats over it. Its wings measured 7ft lin from tip to tip. A young couple arrived at Junipei b-reen from Aberdeen, desiring to have " a quiet marriage privately by the blacksmith. It was suggested that Gretna e reen m^ a& the placP " ic y " vvere in search ot. The bride refused to admit this but after failing to find the smith at bis smiddy, they took their departure by the next train. Favoured by splendid weather, Hawick Common Riding was this year carried out with even more than the. usual enthusiasm One zealous " Teri " said he had come all the way from Rhodesia to be present, timing his visit for that morning. The standard was carried by Cornet Glendin.mng, who was followed by about 60 horsemen. The Rev. Dr Howie, of Govan, a wellknown ecclesiastical statistician, affirms that there are at least 480,000 people in Glasgow who have no Church connection whatever. Mr Robert Gibb, R.S.A., a well-known Scottish painter, has been appointed to the vacant post of King's Limmer for Scotland. The state of trade in the Border towns but especially in Hawick and Galashiels, is stated to bs very bad. In Hawick two manufacturing firms have suspended payment, and in both towns some of th© mills are working short time. At Selkirk, Peebles-, Inverlethen, and other places things are not much better, and prospects are far from bright. In th© House of Commons attention has lately been called twice to the serious decline in the agricultural population of Koxburgshire, but the 11 o'clock rule cut debate short. Mi- Dundas White, member for Dumbartonshire, stated that during the last 20 years the agricultural population of Scotland had declined by 40,000 , The estate of the late Marquis of Linlithgow is returned as follows .-—Personal estate, £226,141 ; real -created valued, at £375,000; royalties from mineral, oil, ikid coal deposits, valued at £320,000 — total £921,000. The following persona! estates have also been recorded :— Mr James Graham, late of W. Graljam and Co., East India m ?;£ h n a r llts ' Cathedral street, Glasgow, £167,957; Mr J. H. Baxter, of Gilston Cohnsburgh, Fife, £133,276; Mr Alexander Rose, Dowanhill, Glasgow £122,107; Mr J. Macfarlane, biscuit manufacturer, Glasgow, £82,612; Mr P. G. Barr, coalmaster, Larkhill, £81,206; Mr Jas. Lorimer, late grain merchant, Dumfries, £43,528. == I