OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3671, 22 July 1924, Page 44

OBITUARY.

A cablegram from London announces the death at the age of 82 years of Professor Alfred Alarshall, the well-known economist. Among other important appointments which he held, the late Dr Marshall was Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University from 1885 to 1908, and at the time of his death he was a vice-president of the Royal Economic. Society. He was the author of a number of works on economic subjects. A London cablegram records the death of Mr Robert Applegarth, a trade union pioneer, at the age of 90 years. The death of Mr Charles Judd, aged 87, founder of the first foundry at Thames in 1868, is announced. His firm constructed most of the iron lighthouses on the New Zealand coasts. A London cablegram, announces the death of Miss Winifred Emery, the well-known actress

The death of Mr David Fleming, of Crookston, removes one of the second generation of early settlers in the district, Air Fleming’s parents having been amongst the first settlers there. The late Mr Fleming was born at Alaungatua in 1860 and went to Crookston as a lad with his parents in 1876. Ho was a great worker and ultimately acquired a valuable holding of his own, where ho reared a family _ of stalwart sons and daughters. Lp till quite recent, years Mr Fleming enjoyed _ splendid health and his cheery disposition gained him many friends. The late Mr Fleming in the early days took a keen interest in ploughing - matches; he was for many years a member of the Crookston School Committee (serving both as chairman and secretary) ; a member of the Church Committee, and an active member and supporter of the Tapanui Farmers’ Club (occupying the president’s chair in 1909). He was a successful farmer and went in extensively for breeding Clydesdales. The death is announced of Mr Robert, Jopp, of Gore, at the age of 51 years. The deceased was born at Arrovvtown, and, along with his father and his brother John,

was associated with tho coaching business in the Lakes district. In 18S2, in partnership with his brother, he bought out tho livery stable business carried on by the lale Air Duncan M‘Gregor in Invercarill, and the following year established a branch at Riversdale, where he then resided. Mr Jojip interested himself in trotting horses, end was well known all over Southland as u successful trainer and rider of light harness horses. lie had a brothel - killed in the war. and his brother John died at Pleasant Point (South Canterbury) some two months ago. His youngest brother Andrew is the proprietor of the Royal Oak Hotel, Arrow town. The late Mr Jopp ts survived by his widow and his mother. A cablegram from Rome announces the death of General Ricciotti Garibaldi, a son of tlie famous Giuseppe Garibaldi, the famous Italian soldier and patriot. Ricciotti, who was 77 years cf age, was the last of the Garibaldis. AIR IV. S. DAVIDSON. A cablegram received from London last night announces the death at Edinburgh on Thursday of Air William Soltan Davidson, who had been general manager of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company for the pa.-t 45 years, and a director of the National Mortgage and .Agency Company for 40 years. He was about 80 years of age, and had been in indifferent health for about a year. It has been stated that Air Davidson, when at the Levels Estate, South Canterbury, in 1874, originated the Corriedalo breed of sheep. This, however, is not strictly accurate. The name Corriedale wag adopted by the breeders in New Zealand because successful experiments in crossing the merino and longwool breeds, and maintaining an in-bred halfbred type, without reverting to either tho merino or the longwocl of the original cross, were carried out on Dr Webster's Corriedale estate by the late James Little about the year 1868. Mr Davidson was, however, closely identified with the company whicii did so much for sheep breeding in the dominion. Mr Davidson practically started the dairying industry as it is known to-day, for in conjunction with Air T. Brydone he established the first dairy factory at Edendale. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, of which Air Davidson was general manager, did good service to New Zealand in another way, as it and the National Mortgage and Agency Company, with Mr T. Brydone, inaugurated the frozen meat industry. The first shipment cf meat for that purpose was slaughtered on the Totara. Estate, railed warm to Port Chalmers, and refrigerated on the ships Dunedin and Alarlborough. Afr Davidson was one of the directors of tho Colonial Consignment and Distributin p- Company which was subsequently merged into Ataslrv’s. He was very well known in Timaru district in the early days, and was manager of the Levels Estate before he went Home in the early eighties. CROAIWELL, July 18. Tho mystery surrounding the disappearance early in January of a man named .John Cameron from his home at Bendigo was solved by the recovery of his body on Tuesday last by his brother, who was employed. rabbiting in tho vicinity. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition. The cause of death could not be definitely ascertained, but from the position in which the body was lying in rocky country there is reason to assume that deceased tripped and fell or had a seizure of some kind. The .body was about two miles from home, which deceased left at 4.30 on that dav. The verdict at the inquest held at Cromwell was that there was nothing to show the cause of death. The deceased was 45 years of 'age. and had resided at Bendigo for many years.