OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 4048, 13 October 1931, Page 46

OBITUARY.

3IH F. ROGEN. The death occurred at Melbourne on Tuesday of Mr Fred. Rogen, who will be well remembered by a large number of friends in Otago and elsewhere in New Zealand. It was a great many years ago that, after having been engaged in a seafaring life. Mr Rogen settled in Wellington. Subsequently he-came to Otago and was for some time the licensee of the Evansdale Hotel. Removing to the West Coast he acquired the Royal Hotel in Greymouth, and when he sold out of it he returned to Otago and made his home in Dunedin and remained here until he left for Miffbourne several years ago. Mr Rogen was an authority on dogs and poultry, and his knowledge of them led to his .services being frequently utilised as a judge at shows. He was 80 years of age. x MR ARTHUR MARSHALL. Mr Arthur Marshall, who died at Dunedin on Saturday morning, after a long illness, was born at Milton, but went as a child to Waikouaiti. He received his early education at the Waikouaiti and Palmerston schools. As a boy he came to Dunedin, and after being employed in one or two minor capacities with Dunedin firms, he received an appointment, in IS9S, on the Otago Daily Tinies as junior night clerk and copy holder for the proof readers. In due course he was promoted to the reporting staff and was then transferred to the- sub-editorial department as an assistant to the late Mr Charles Fraser. Oti the death of Mr William Fenwick, editor of the Otago Witness, Mr Fraser was appointed to the vacancy, and Mr

Norman Burton came from the North Island to take the position of subeditor of the Otago Daily Times. Mr Burton remained in Dunedin for only about six months, when he left for Wellington to become the sub-editor of the Dominion newspaper, publication of which had just been commenced. That was in 1907, and Mr Marshall was then appointed sub-editor of the Otago Daily Times, a position in 'which he quickly proved his worth. Painstaking, conscientious and accurate, he possessed a fine news sense, and he brought to bear upon the performance of his duties a judgment and discrimination that caused his services to be highly valued. His speed in the preparation of “ copy ” for the printer was remarkable and his memory for the dates of past events, many of which had occurred long ago, was so unerring that it was almost uncanny. Moreover, he had the invaluable asset of tact in his relations with the members of the reporting staff, retaining tlfeir confidence and inspiring them at all times to do their best. A long period of night work began to tell on Mr Marshall’s health, and in 1920 he decided to relinquish his position and take over a dairy farm at Lower Portobello. After a year or two spent in farming, Mr Marshall responded again to the call of newspaper work, and was engaged for some 12 months on the reporting staff of the North Otago Times, at the end of which time he returned to this office in the capacity of a senior reporter. He occupied that

position until he was laid aside by ill health in January last. Mr Marshall was a fine shorthand writer, and was. noted for the accuracy of his reports.. He conducted special columns in the: weekly sports page of the Otago Daily Times, featuring League football and! athletics. In his younger days he played. the Union code for the RavensbourneClub, and at a later date he wifs a, member of the St. Kilda Lawn Tennis. Club and later still of the Caledonian Bowling Club. He had a more or less, intimate knowledge of most forms of sport, and was remarkably well-informed, with respect to current events of moro serious import. So passes to his rest; a highly qualified, industrious, painstaking and popular newspaper man„ who never spared himself in the. performance of his duties. Mr Marshall is; survived by a widow, six sons aud two» daughters.

MR R. S. ROSS. Melbourne papers record the death of Mr R. S. Ross, a member of the boardl of commissioners of the Victorian Savings Bank and for many years a leading; member of the Australian Labour Party. Mr Ross took a leading part in affairs; of the Labour Party in Queensland and. New Zealand, as well as in Victoria. While resident in this Dominion, he was: editor of the Maoriland Worker for someyears. For a time he produced Ross's; Magazine, a publication dealing with rational and social subjects, and was also concerned in the production of the Socialist. For many years he was a. member of the Socialist Party in Victoria, and he was its secretary for a. considerable time. He was a delegate to many Federal and State Labour conferences, and he served on the central executive of the Victorian Labour Party for several years. One of his two sons, Mr Lloyd Ross, is well known in Dunedin as tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association. AIR. I. SALEK. WELLINGTON, October 5. Private advice has been received in Wellington of the death at Auckland of Mr I. Salek, a prominent Wellington citizen, registrar of the Justices of the Peace Association, and coroner in Wellington district. He was also well known in bowling circles throughout New Zealand. MRS ISABELLA GREENWOOD. GREYMOUTH, October 5. The death is announced of Mrs Isabella Greenwood, aged 90. She was born in India, and arrived with her parents at Motueka, Nelson, in 1553. She was a cousin to the late Marquis of Salisbury, Premier of Great Britain. MR GEORGE JOHNSON. INVERCARGILL, October S. The death is announced of Mr George Johnson, of Lumsden, who for many years was a member of the Southland Education Board. He was the father of Lance Johnson, a former All Black footballer. He was 77 years of age.

SENATOR DWIGHT MORROW. NfiW YORK, October 5. Senator Dwight W. Morrow died this afternoon from cerebral haemorrhage at his home at Englewood, New Jersey. Air Morrow’s name had been heard of in connection with the highest of European diplomatic honours, and the fact that he accepted the Ambassadorship of Mexico during Air Coolidge’s Presidency revealed his personal valour and also the fact that Air Coolidge placed extreme importance on the appointment. It is about 17 years since Mr Alorrow became a member of the famous firm of J. P. Morgan and Co., leaving a thriving legal practice to do so. Then came the Great War, and Mr Alorrow offered his services to the then President (Air Woodrow Wilson). He was assigned to a place on the Allied Transport and Supply Board, which organisation played a very prominent part in overwhelming the Central Powers. General Pershing declared that Mr Morrow was among his “ best and most treasured advisers,” and at the end of hostilities it was General Pershing himself who pinned the Distinguished Service Medal for conspicuous and meritorious war service on Mr Alorrow. Mr Morrow was the Republican nominee for New Jersey for the Presidency in 1930. He was’ 58 years of age.

AIR CHARLES RICKETTS. LONDON, October 8. The death is announced of Air Charles Ricketts, R.A.; aged G 5. Mr Charles Ricketts, who had pictures hung in the National Gallery of British Art and in the Luxembourg, Paris, was the designer of the settings for King Lear, St. John., Henry VIII, and tl : Canterbury Alystery, etc. REAL DAVID WILLIAAIS. VANCOUVER, October 7. The Alost Rev. David Williams, Anglican Archbishop of Huron, died at London (Ontario) to-day. Dr Williams was elected Bishop of Huron in 1905, and became archbishop a year later. After taking his AI.A, degree at Oxford University he was ordained, and held various appointments in Canada. He was special preacher of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, ISSB-92; rector of St. James’s, Stratford, 18921904; and Archdeacon of Perth, 1903-4.